Personally I am finding that my preferences in quilt patterns have changed. When I started I for some reason was not drawn to the traditional, such as Dresden Plate, nine patch..etc. Now I am finding I am drawn to the traditional old look patterns. Not sure if they scared me, but after quilting for awhile, my confidence in my abilities has improved. I am willing to try a Dresden plate quilt, done in the vintage type fabric. Funny, eh? Anyone feel the same way or maybe even in reverse.

Definitely. I have done a pendulum swing with patterns, fabrics, you name it.
I guess we just keep evolving with our art :D
Actually, I'm doing the reverse from you. Since I joined this forum I'm finding all kinds of new patterns and ideas. I used to be strictly traditional with my patterns but it's really fun to try new things.
I love this forum!! :D

I'm almost in reverse. I have grown to appreciate the art quilts and the more modern styles and fabrics. To me this is such a fluid art form. There is room for all styles and fabrics. To put it simple I love quilts!:)

I started with the log cabin first a cot size then a queen size, but watching this forum and all the wonderful quilts on it inspires me to try other things I am making a 10 minute patch quilt fot my daughter and her hubby he love fish and has a house full so it is fish themed with the centre patches, did all the square tonight hope to put it all together tomorrow night, to busy tomorrow and the power is going of for 8 hours while they do repairs somewhere, so no sewing during the day, that reminds me I had better fill all our water jugs as no power no water as we are on rain water tanks and have punps to bring the water in the house,

I like 'em all!!! (Patterns that is.) Actually I've found that what is changing is my choice in colors.

My preference pendulum swings constantly. One minute I Am loving the traditional... then .. art quilts. It just never seems to stop swinging. I guess thats why I am addicted.
Looking at my first quilts .. it was my inexperince with color that just seems to shout at me. They were dull.. and I was chicken.....about color...but there was not the selection there is now.

When I started quilting it was all about calicoes and florals. It was hard to find any fabric print that didn't have a flower of some sort on it. I seldom buy floral fabric now. I love batiks and tone on tone fabric used in traditional quilt patterns.

I love them all!

The only real change I can see is that I love the pink/green/blue/yellow fabrics. Years ago, I used the lighter shades, today I use the darker shades. And I have more confidence to do things like Dresden Plate, Lone Star, Cathedral Window. I would have never tried them before. But I must say, the confidence was helped tremendously from all the help and tuts on this board. I am so glad I found this.

You know, now that you mentioned it, I did the exact same thing. Love those traditional quilts!

I keep being drawn to applique quilts of all sorts-first quilts were pretty standard piecing to get confidence, then discovered applique and now 4 out of 5 quilts are appliqued. I want to do double wedding ring when I get the nerve, and still want to learn to do art quilts and foundation piecing (for some reason, I am afraid to try even though everyone says it is so easy!) I am going to do a cute Sunbonnet Sue sampler next-got the pattern and can't wait to start! The book is "Sunbonnet Sue All through the Year" by Sue Linker-a MUST for "Sue" lovers!!!

I love the traditional patterns which are easy to follow and so tried and true, I like to make my own variation on some as there is so much room for combinations of various traditional blocks sky would be the limit. I am an old biddy I quess that is why the older styles appeal to me more I guess.

Gal

What drew me to quilting to start with were the older more traditional quilts but I have come to appreciate all kinds of quilting and I would do more of each if there were more hours in a day. Color choices have grown also. Didn't like oranges and reds but now use them with other colors for a cheerful look. I think there can be a constant evolving with quilting. I love quilts!

I've discovered that I am drawn more to the sharp contrasts now.
Used to be I liked the more muted colors, but now they don't interest me that much.
I did this by "Copying" and "Pasting" the quilts I thought prettiest, went through them to weed out the ones I would never get around to making and found the ones left were dark and light. Strong contrasts are what I want now. Next year, who knows?

Definitely, I love the Bargello quilts and the spiral quilts with strip piecing.

Absolutely. My tastes in fabrics have changed a lot. Used to like muted country colors in calico. When I first saw batiks I thought they were overstated and gaudy. Now batiks are my favorites and I love working with them. I am really getting smitten with Oriental and Asian prints. Never liked metallics before, love a touch of metallic on fabric now.

I still like traditional patterns but I like to try more complex designs like NY Beauty or Mariners Compass. Love to do an old timey pattern updated with new vibrant fabrics. I still like an old fashioned scrappy quilt and I still love old traditional blocks but some of them can be very challenging and those are the ones I like to try.

I have kind of always switched around..I guess I have liked everything...but I have to say about 5 years ago I couldn't get into KAffe Fabrics...now I LOVE Them....so my tastes haev changed...love all the modern big prints and COLORS!

I flip and flop all over the place LOL I find it is usually the colors used in a quilt that draws me to a pattern more than the pattern style itself. Or the way colors are used for shading the blocks a specific way. :D:D:D

My choice in fabrics has changed. I still like the traditional patterns.

I have been quilting for over 25 years, fashions and styles change and my tastes do too! Used to be super traditional, then needed to take a break from quilting when too much other stuff was going on in my life. When I started again- a baby quilt for my first grandchild- it amazed how much things had changed! It has been a lot of fun learning new techniques and working with some many different fabrics - I love the way quilting keeps evolving!

I'd like to say it's the same but the truth is, I look at patterns I've saved from magazines years ago and think 'what the heck did I save that for??' and it makes me wonder what others I should have saved instead. Even so, I'm planning to rip out the patterns I like from magazines rather than keeping the whole magazine anymore. Because I'm just about out of room.

One thing though-back then I bought all the country colors because that's what was in magazines the most and then I realized I like brights. So I need to use up all those older fabrics in gift quilts for people who do still like those colors.

When I first started quilting I didn't particulary care for batiks. Now I love them.

I started with a wall hanging that I adopted from a full size quilt pattern. Then I created my own patterns, quilts and wall hangings.

Now I'm into following patterns already out there and getting excited about our LA coming soon to do the quilting as well as the piecing.

Still not into applique work. Maybe some day.

I now like fast quilts, not much patience as when I was younger, also years pass so fast and my fabrics keep growing, I just want to make lots of quilts so I can use my fabrics.

I love looking at the traditional quilt patterns but can't stand doing them. I get bored real quick and could never make 30-40 blocks that were all the same. I would never have finished one quilt. I like bright bold colors, and now that I have found the one block wonders, wow, doors have opened!!! But I love looking at all quilts and each one is unique in its own way!!

My tastes keep changing all the time allthough in colors country hues and blues stay favorite. I want to try new things all the time, so I make mostly small items like table toppers and such, otherwise they easily end up as UFOs.I must try applique, haven't dared so far. Started with PP and Mariner's compasses. Curves are also scary, shouldn't be since I've made my own clothes since I was a teenager.My late grandfather used to say I always start climbing a tree from the top down.

I find that I can think a little outside the box compared to when I first started. I'm so as afraid as I was to pick bolder colors and patterns. I do find I'm a little uppity when it comes to the quality of fabrics, though. I spend the time and money to go to the LQS and purchase a better quality of fabric than I used to. I am also completely in love with Batiks these days.

I started embroidering 12" blocks of muslin and turning them into quilts. Then I started on the pieced blocks. I still love the Samplers the best. I am working on one now with 48 blocks that I have NEVER tried before. Am having trouble already with "Lady of the Lake - II" If it doesn't work out, I'll just go to another one and at the end, I'll go back to the Lady and maybe it will work. I keep copies of the patterns and note each one with date made, what for and if there were any problems. I am not that keen on the art ones. I love the old fashioned quilts. But then, you never know. I just might try one and find I love it and go on a new adventure. Edie

What is a 10 minute patch quilt

Oh yes, I keep changing--colors, patterns, etc. Some of my friends say I am so far out of the box, they can't find the box. Love it.

My daughter and I share our love of quilting. We are much differnet in taste she ventured off the tranditional into hand appliques (beautiful work) then she was and is into scrapy quilts of many many colors. I followed her into the applique and now into the scrapy look. the difference is that I even though it's scrapy I do mine in shades of one color so it is scrapy but a little more my style

There is so much to learn. I keep changing. I want to do lots of different things but have to limit myself. I tend to go back to scrappy quilts.

There is so much to learn. I keep changing. I want to do lots of different things but have to limit myself. I tend to go back to scrappy quilts.

I started w/ applique as I had done alot of it on sweatshirts, etc., was scared too death to do much piecing work. Am just about finished w/ my scrappy log cabin & am anxious to try some other methods too! The excitement just never quits!

I love the traditional but I love to venture out and make something different. I just wish things moved faster than they do. I have so much I want to do!

I have learned the hard way to NOT get rid of magazines or books just because I currently do not like the patterns in them. I figure if I give it a few months and look again, I probably will find I like something. Last year, I was really into Sunbonnet Sue. Now I don't really care for her at all. Now I want to figure out how to do bias strip embellishments. Probably in a few months, I'll tackle something else.

As for fabric, my tastes have changed very little. What I didn't like years ago, I still don't like. I hate busy prints like Kaffe and am not a fan of Amy Butler. I don't like 30s prints much at all, and I rarely add batiks to my stash. I have branched out into new colors, but pretty much stick to my favorites.

When I first got started it was all about the traditional and the pastels. My favorites were those from the 30's. Now I find myself drawn to more contrasts and the brighter stronger colors. Not that I will ever give up all those quilts I bought at the farm auctions in Nebraska :lol: The most I ever paid for one of those beauties is $35. They will always be my first love.

I have done and still do both old patterns, new patterns and my own patterns, especially applique. Just designed: appliqued pot holder with a snowman made from Insul-Brite complete with a stand, hat, arms, scarf and all the regular thing you do when your make a snowman. Just one item, wish I could change, I didn't have any orange thread to make a carrot nose.. He is so cute. Hopefully the recipient will put a picture of him on line.

I agree. I have changed from my younger quilting. I do love traditional patterns, but have done and loved others. I still do not like to do art quilting. I like to do samplers because all the blocks are different. I also like to English paper piece and applique when I'm in the mood for handwork. My taste in fabric seems to shift from time to time. My one true passion is pink roses. I try to go outside my comfort zone. It is always good to have new experiences and adventures with patterns and fabric.

I haven't been quilting that long maybe a year or two, but I still love the old patterns and the 30's fabric, which is my favorite, but I just about love all the fabrics, its always hard to choose when I go to buy, but I usually always wind up with the the lighter colors. Hope each of you have a wonderful day.