Do you tend to do the same pattern for most of your quilts or a different pattern for each?

I like trying new designs, but for some reason, I keep going back to the same old pattern. . . . . . is that a bad thing?? :roll:

I do what i'm comfortable with and the purpose the quilt is used for. I have a simple three piece design that I use over and over. It changes look with the fabrics I am using.
It is quick and easy and varied from the plain square block.
However, if you want to improve your skill you might consider doing different blocks that require different techniques.

Most of the time I have not repeated quilts/pattern in my 8 yrs of piecing/quilting. I think the only ones that I have repeated is for a few table runners (fast and easy).

I have only once repeated a pattern and it was the twisted log cabin design I liked it so much. I love to do new things so I dont get burnt out piecing.

So many patterns, so little time. I can't see ever repeating a pattern unless it's by special request.

I usually go with a new design, my list of to-do's is huge! I think the only ones I've repeated are bargellos & log cabins (but I've varied with spirals, wonky & traditional).

To be honest, I usually don't have a plan in mind when I start a quilt & just design on the fly.

I typically do not repeat. But there are a few patterns that lend them selves well to the type of scraps I want to use up , for instance log cabin goes well for long sinky strips in various lenghts.

I like trying out new patterns, but there are some I repeat if I need a quick little quilt made up :D:D:D

Once I've done something I have a hard time doing it again but I have. I did matching quilt patterns (different fabrics) for twin ggds. Just posted the pix. But usually I don't do them twice. Why keep climbing Pike's Peak? Move on to other mountain ranges. There's just so many out there that I want to do I don't like to take the time to repeat things.

I do both. I repeat patterns for certain things and do new things for other things. I always do pinwheels for baby quilts but no two are the same. I have also used the same square in a square pattern for the girl's twin size quilts. There are some other patterns that I've made two or three quilts from. And there are always new patterns to try out.

I love log cabins and have made at least 25 and no two are alike. I also really like the Ohio star, so have made several. I love finding new ways to play wioth old patterns. If I see a new pattern that strikes my fancy sure will give it a try. I feel thats the best of both worlds. Nothing wrong in having a favorit pattern and doing it many times. Nothing wrong with doing a new pattern each time you make a quilt. That's the true beauty of quilting we all like to do different things, and that's great, if not we would all be making the same quilt, then what?

It depends. If it is a quilt that I need to get out the door fairly quickly, I use one of a couple of trusty patterns that I can whip up quickly.
If I am making something for me I like to try new patterns and fabrics.
But most of my quilts are gifts or donations so I tend to use the same patterns, a lot!!!! Because the fabric is usually so different for each one, it makes each quilt look and "feel" different. The pattern I use most calls for 12 to 18 fQ's and borders, you can change the look of a quilt really quickly by the fabrics you use.

For me I usually don't like to make th same thing again I get bored doing the same pattern over again. I guess I like the challange of figuring out something new. I have only made the same quilt a couple of times but not right away did others inbetween. LuAnn

I've made the same table topper about 7 times. I've given them to family members spread out all over the country so that whenever we use them we will think of each other. I love the pattern but will be doing something different once all the obligations are met -- one ready for FMQ and then only one more to go!

I've made the same baby quilts (by request) so many times I got sick of doing them! I had a lady want to order 5 of them last year for Christmas presents, was going to pay me generously, but I had already had my fill of them. So I say, do a few, move on! I like doing a little of everything.

I have done both. For years I didn't know how to do anything but square blocks and sometimes with strips in between, but each quilt different because the blocks were hand painted (now embroidered). A few years ago I started watching quilting shows & tried new patterns. I think it depends on what you feel comfortable with and "what" you are willing to try. There are no quilt police - do what you enjoy. For me - today I too say... so many quilts, so little time and I enjoy what I do.

I think the only pattern I have repeated is a log cabin. I like trying new things and I don't usually have enthusiasm for something I've done before.

There is usually some new technique or way of putting things together in each quilt I make. It broadens my knowledge and experience and maybe that one thing is used in another quilt. It gets easier to do things since I've done it before.

I did the same pattern two times in a row. By the time I finished the second one I swore I'd never do that again. I still love the pattern, and even though I used different fabric on each, I never got that....Oh, that's what it'll look like feeling making the second one. So I make all different ones. Not saying I wouldn't make the same one again. Just not one after the other.

Holice
Will you share it? :? :?

I have made two Irish Chain quilts and two Grandmother's Fan quilts - but I like doing a different design each time. My favorite thing to do to an old standard design is to add to it or take away from it to make a brand new design and surprisingly it does not take much of a change to make it new. I sometimes take left over fabric and create a design to fit the fabric I have and that is always a surprise.

I never make the same thing twice--I get bored too easily!

Always different.

i'm still learning .... i use different patterns with different techniques so that i learn someting new each time.

Never made the same one twice-too many to choose from-and since I subscribe to 5 quilting magazines (all right, it is my weakness born from living overseas and not having any access to any quilting ANYTHING) and I keep finding new patterns I MUST make-Think I'm up to number 437 or so by now-think maybe in my next 12 lifetimes, I might make a dent in them! I am SERIOUSLY in trouble! I spend so much time deciding on a pattern, I loose a huge chunk of actual quilting time (that, and being on this board!) LOL

The only two I have ever repeated are Log Cabin and Dresden Plate. I've repeated the Dresden Plate because I love it, although I set it differently every time, and the Log Cabin is repeated by family's request. Otherwise, I love the challenge of a new design.

Yrs ago, I made a lot of quilted gifts,vests,bears etc for my DDs & myself.So that was 3 of everything & got old fast.
I usually make just one quilt ,no 2 alike.Did make several rag throws.
I don't make quilts using the same block over & over, unless trying a new pattern.

I taught my sister to quilt last summer, and had her do a Triple Irish Chain literally 3 times in all different fabrics. By her third quilt she is more than ready to move on--but has the concept of strip piecing down pat. As for me, I usually make a different pattern every time, to keep it fresh and continue to learn new techniques.

Most of the time I'm doing new patterns since I'm so new to this (20 months) . But sometimes I need to get something out quick that with the different fabric selections and the size of the borders or no borders can really change the look then I do baby take 3. I can crank one out in a afternoon. I even made one for a favorite teacher that on one of the blocks I appliqued an apple and her name on black fabric so that it looked like a blackboaed.

I'm fairly new to quilting, and so far, I haven't made the same pattern twice...but I've only made four quilts and for one of them, my 5yo decided the layout. lol I have found one that I really enjoyed doing, and I will definitely do it again, but for now, I'm just trying to learn as much as I can, and I learn by doing, so I try new patterns. I have four quilts in varying stages of planning right now, and every one of them is different from what I have done before.

I never repeat the same pattern. There are so many techniques I want to learn,

I make a new pattern that teaches me a new technique - however, I also then make bargello and colourwash quilts from the scraps - so I make a lot of variations of those.

I only use a pattern twice if I truly loved it. I love new projects and new blocks. Hard for me to repeat something I"ve already done.

Holice, I love your pattern on the page. Is that a block or a lay out. If its a quilt block can you share?

Inge

I enjoy the challenge of a new pattern. Haven't repeated one ever. Have sooo many new designs and techniques on my "to do" list.

I have a few I might repeat, but for the most part all are different

I think the only time I did the same pattern was in 99 for the twins but they were even slightly different fbecause their names were on them. I have never actually followed a pattern step by step so I would have to say I never do the same one over.

I like to do different ones.Now I'm into smaller things,tabletoppers coasters pillowcases,wallhangings.

Yes , but for the most part I make up my own patterns due to the cost of patterns. I want to buy fabric for my quilts more then a pattern.

I always keep my patterns but so far have never done the same one twice. I like the challange of something completely new every time. :)