What an interesting post!!! Thought I'd never do Dear Jane, but, because of the gals on this site, I'm working right along on it. Haven't posted pics yet as I'm having problems with that:) Haven't done Mariner's Compass yet, but, will try one day...I plan on PPing those points. Guess I like the challenges and am up for it. Another quilt that I'd like to do someday as I've seen it here is Oh My Gosh...a gajillion pieces:) I love applique as I find it soothing. Can't wait to see all of the responses:)

Check out Cheryl Phillips - phillipsfiberart.com - and her cut around rulers. Her directions for doing inset circles are great and these "rulers" let you do circles from 2" to 27". Just did an aboriginal quilt designed by her and used the 27" circle for the first time. Made life easy.

I have been making the dunkards path....try using a gluestick. I need to finish my top. Hopfully today..not a lot of fun to make but it is looking good....I am keeping this one since I may not do anotherone,

I cannot do paper-piecing. I have tried and just don't get it. LOL So I guess you can say that intimidates me. I am intimidated by bargello but not to the point of not trying it. I am definitely going to make one. I guess the other one that I wouldn't want to try would be the Double Wedding Ring.

Applique scares me. I have no talent for machine applique. I love to hand sew, just need to learn the best way to prepare the pieces. I love to paper piece and can do any pattern with that technique. I did storm at sea for son's wedding, did new york beauty for stepdaughter. Easy a d accurate with pp-ing, thank goodness! THis year, I'm going to tackle a lone star, too. Those diamonds look like a challenge. But maybe starch will save me....?

I just paid a bundle for fabric to make the Diamonds Jubilee Bargello. I opened the pattern yesterday and you talk about intimidated, wow. I am cutting the strips but don't have a clue how to piece it.

I'm with damaquilts - Dear Jane looks insane to me! And circles aren't so bad, but you have to go S-L-O-W. Applique is SUCH an art that I cannot/will not do - unless it is with the sewing machine! LOL

I can't think of any. Some I find very tedious to finish though.

That is too funny. Yea, I think it will be some time before I attempt a mariner's compass.

Anything appliqué or curves for me. Been thinking about diving in and actually attempting a double wedding ring though. Oh, and paper piecing intimidates the heck out of me

i was afraid to try circles, even though i did set in sleeves years ago, i forgot. finally took a class and now beat myself up for being worried about it. it proved to me that i can do those things if i just try. sometimes the first effort isn't so hot but at least i now give it a try. also, was worried about needle turn applique. took a class and found out i could do that too. however, i also found out that i don't care for doing it.

still have not made that lone star, bargello, or new york beauty; but i will eventually because i can. luckily i have waited so long that others have come up with quicker and easier ways of getting them done.

So far no quilt pattern has intimidated me. I used to sew clothes. Nice clothes too, set in sleeves, pointed collars, button holes, zippers, etc. I've done tons of machine applique and paper piecing. I made a New York Beauty with paper piecing and curved seams. Bargellos aren't hard, it's all straight piecing, you just have to keep track of where you are. That said, there are quilt patterns I'll never do because I find them tedious and fussy or too old fashioned.

I'm with you - I'll make anything appliqué, but hate points. If I do a pattern that has piecing I make myself do it first, before the appliqué or it won't get done, lol.

I so agree! I am left-handed and dyslexic and paper piecing is not in my vocabulary!

For those who are afraid to attempt a Mariner's compass, try Peggy Martins "Quick strip paper piecing", a Craftsy class. She leads you through paper piecing very nicely. She has a quilt there that is called "Sailor's Delight" which is a version of a mariner's compass. It was the first paper piecing I've ever done and it came out quite nice. She leads you through a few different quilts, ending with the New York Beauty. Good luck trying. I'm still a klutz with other pp but found this class worked for me.

I will try pretty much anything. For those who are afraid of paper piecing have someone show you. I read and read and re-read the instructions and wasn't sure what they were talking about. Someone showed me a 5 minute demo and it was like DUH! I have done a little bit of applique and don't like it. I'm not a fan of handsewing.

Nope, just make notes of what size each pieced piece is-----------then add together.

I'm with you. I look at the paper pieces and think,oh my Lord!

I want to do a feathered star but so far have not...does this intimidate me..oh yeah..I'm going to do it tho...as soon as I work up the courage!

Anything in a diamond pattern. Don't think I will ever do a Lone Star pattern.

Try a Quilt smart Mariner's Compass. Easy to do and look great!

I don't even think about appliques....LOL.....

There are many patterns that I won't ever try because I just don't care for them. What I would love to do though is a landscape quilt. I keep putting it off because I keep finding new things on you-tube I want to try or I keep dreaming up new things I have to do to get them out of my head. I love pp-ing, but I do it so seldom that I have to relearn it each time. The last time I did it my brain just couldn't get it together. I blame that on brain fog from my fibromyalgia. I guess bargello would scare me if I tried it. I love hand sewing and applique. :):):)

Double wedding ring and Drunkard's Path. I guess anything with curves.

Double Wedding Ring and Bargello!

I'm with you on Bargello quilts. Two of my friends are working on them now and they keep asking me to join them. Another quilt I saw, some just finished a 1/4 inch hexagon quilt. OMG those pieces are small.

Cathedral Windows, I love the old fashioned quilts using this pattern but I just can't force myself to do them. I've tried a few times over the years but by the time I've done 3 or 4, I'm out of patience and left with a bunch of cut squares that I'll never use. I've done a really nice big mariner's compass wallhanging, that didn't bother me at all because I like a challenge so it came out great but the thought of making Cathedral Window blocks turns me off.

I am right there with you! Paper piecing, yikes. I have done small pieces but it makes my brain hurt.

Hi, I am scared of Jenny Beyer patterns. I made one last summer that ate my lunch. Lol maybe one day I will tackle another one. They are so beautiful. I started appliqué this year but took a class in machine appliqué using a tiny close together zig zag stitch. It is awesome. You can't see the stitches unless real close to it. Turns out beautiful. Stitch width on my machine is 1.3 and length is .50. Prepare same as needle turn without the seam allowance. Small enough to have one stitch on appliqué and one stitch on background fabric. Stitches are solid and very close together. Going around an outside curve stop with needle in background. On inside curve stop on appliqué. Give it a try. I love this method.

I'm not intimidated but don't like scrappy quilts.

I have done a Bargello Quilt and it really is not as hard as it looks. Tried PP this summer for the first time and really like it. I have worked on a New York Beauty and do not love the curves but did not find it hard. Now what really intimidates me is a Baltimore Album and any Judy Niemeyer pattern! If I ever attempt a Baltimore Album, it will definitely become an Heirloom Quilt because it will be the only one I ever make :)

I have done a Bargello Quilt and it really is not as hard as it looks. Tried PP this summer for the first time and really like it. I have worked on a New York Beauty and do not love the curves but did not find it hard. Now what really intimidates me is a Baltimore Album and any Judy Niemeyer pattern! If I ever attempt a Baltimore Album, it will definitely become an Heirloom Quilt because it will be the only one I ever make :) I do have to say that taking a quilt class in a certain technique seems to take the scare out of trying something new for me!

not a pattern just dont like paper piecing

New York Beauty paper piecing patterns. They are so beautiful, but I just can't seem to make myself start one.

Bargello and Trip Around The World. :shock:

Anything applique! I have even bought several kits that I want to do one day and haven't had the nerve to start even one of them yet!

Where to begin----There are so many! lol

It's storm at sea for me. I have one started but keep putting it down. I won't give up though. I will try and try again.

there are a few patterns i would love to do but because they are paper pieced i just can seem to get excited about try paper piecing, sounds hard to me

NONE!

I don't use patterns so they don't intimidate me. I am very much a free styler and create my own.

I have been told many times though that some of my creations has "what looks like this or that" and I have no idea as to what they are talking about since I don't use pattern blocks to create things.