New Pattern?
 

When you have a new quilt pattern, and it comes in different sizes, but you really want to make the king-size, do you try making the throw size first to see how it sews out or just jump in and make the king-size? Thanks

I jump in feet first! Mostly because once I make a pattern, I’m not really inclined to make it again unless I really really love it and even then not back to back.

I make it whatever size I have the fabric for. LOL

Try 1 or 2 blocks with scrap fabric. Ta-da or uh-uh!

jump in! If it's a little tricky looking I always hope to be patient enough to make a sample block first, but....patience is not one of my virtues unfortunately.

I have too many quilts on my bucket list to do the same pattern twice, so I would jump right in and do the size you want!

This is what I do. I can preview the block that way and see if I like it as much as I think I will. I'm way too lazy and don't have enough time to make a whole quilt (even and lap size one) before making the "real" quilt.

Another one here who rarely makes the same pattern more than once so I just jump in. If it looks challenging I may make a block first but not usually.

I jump right in. But I also don't cut all my fabric in the beginning. I cut a little, sew a little, assemble a little. So if I end up hating the process or the color selection, ta da! A throw quilt.

I jump right in. It might take me a few years to complete it, if I get tired of the pattern. But I never make a sample block first.

Please jump right in unless you truly want a second quilt for another purpose.

I jump right in. When I first started quilting I made a sample block first and I used a fabric I was t in love with. Years later I put those squares together and it sold at a guild auction for $500.

If it's a new to me technique, I'll make a block first to see how it goes together, but if there is nothing new, I just go for it. I rarely make the same pattern twice.

new pattern
 

No I always just make the size I actually wanted

I always think I *should* just try a single block in scraps first. To date? I have done that exactly once. I'm too impatient to "get going" on something I have in my mind to do! Sometimes a good thing, sometimes it's bitten me in the bum, but I muddle through and try to finish whatever it is. I think it's an interested question that reveals a bit about our way of approaching challenges, perhaps?

I very rarely make the same pattern twice, although I have done multiple log cabins or whatever, the fabrics and end result is always very different.

I learn while doing, usually I've learned enough to make my "ok" quilts into great quilts, but I'm ready to move on to the next project and so keep in mind what I've learned and do something different. I have been thinking of doing several series quilts, similar but different enough to suit me while I explore different aspects of a project.

So if a project has been designed for a king size, I'd just make the king sized first. You do have to watch some design issues when going so large because tiny little pieces will ultimately mostly be lost in the overall size. You simply cannot scale up a wall hanging to look correct as a king sized unless you have a football field sized bedroom and can get that far back for the same perspective.

If you have enough fabric for the size you want then go for it. I never hardly make the same pattern twice as I have so many quilts I want to make and I like the challenge of making a new quilt.

I jump right in on most occasions only because if I am making it for myself I want it king size. I haven't made a king size in a number of years because it is so hard to handle and most of my king size I hand quilt. The exception is if I am doing a QAYG project and then I make that decision as the quilt is getting larger with each section I am adding and that is because I have better control I have one such quilt sitting in front of me as I type. I have the center and first border on and am trying to decide if I want to put 2 or 3 rows of 9 patches in the following section and just keep building. On this one time will tell.

I make the size that I’m interested in, if however in the process I discover that I really don’t like what I am getting then it becomes a smaller quilt and I find another pattern.

I'm on my third hexie quilt because I seem to enjoy the torture of them. The first two were hand pieced, the latest is machine pieced. Once I fall in love with a pattern, I usually stick with it until I'm completely sick with it and then I move onto something else.

If it's something new, audition the block and see if you will like the process of putting it together. Personally, I like the challenge of seeing if I can come up with a better, faster way to assemble the block, that way I don't get bored with it, which tends to happen to me a lot.

• kaleidoscope quilt
• recovery giraffe quilt
• "idea before design" quilt
• jelly roll quilt
• baby quilt
• jelly roll rug- indoor/outdoor fabric
• "easy does it" bag

Just a quick list of current projects. Big or little project, I'll jump right in and "just keep swimming". Each project serves my attention span. I make mistakes if I work on tedious, repeated stitching for long stretches, so I move around.
Usually, I make the first block so that I learn the pitfalls for future blocks.Then I only correct the one mistake and and apply it to the rest of the blocks.

I may make a single block, just to check my seam size, critical places for points and if my color choices really look good as placed in the block. Then off I go to make the larger quilt. Unless you have a place or individual to share the throw, I would skip it and plunge in to making the large quilt.

once is enough!

I seldom make the same pattern twice also...so guess you could say I jump right in and make whatever size I have the fabric for.