Can you visualize or do you mimic?
#35
I usually need to get the basic idea from a picture ... then I "run with it", changing colors and altering the design to suit me. I've done a few quilts that I totally created in my mind, but I don't do that very often.
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I mostly follow a pattern although I am making a storm at sea now and had bought the material several years ago. I now know that I did not buy enough so I am creating my own visual scene. I hope it comes out alright.
#39
Originally Posted by seamstome
I mimic mostly. I see a quilt sample or picture on a pattern and that's how I make it. At least the first time, then maybe I can adapt it.
Rarely can I look at something that is done in pastels and convert it to earthtones or envision a border from one quilt on another.
I see all these pretty quilts on here done in unique ways and I really admire people who can start something from scratch.
Rarely can I look at something that is done in pastels and convert it to earthtones or envision a border from one quilt on another.
I see all these pretty quilts on here done in unique ways and I really admire people who can start something from scratch.
#40
I see a pattern I like or a color combination and take a 'save picture as' or even a 'printscreen' and throw it into a folder. When I am ready for another quilt go to my folder for the quilt pattern or color combination to get inspiration. I rarely do a quilt like the one I copied. I change it in someway to make it my own. I do quilts using Electric Quilt but I also get out the graph paper and do it on paper first
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