Bicycle Hobo

For myself, it seems that I sometimes sketch out my ideas for sewing projects (including quilts) and sometimes I let the fabric's colors and/or it's printed images dictate the direction it should take. Best of all, I like to combine both methods and get the best of both worlds like the one I am working on right now below.

How about you?

Here are the latest rough uncolored sketches using my own computer's drawing program for a work-in-progress 10 Minute Block quilt proposed Fall, 2012 completion date (too hot right now to sew).

117becca

heck yes!!! especially when i'm trying to figure out the yardage!

ragamuffin

I see a beautiful stained glass window in batiks! Go for it.

crafty pat

I think it would make a beautiful quilt.

Dolphyngyrl

No I'm a pattern queen

quilter1943

I always do and keep them in a book, adding information as I make the quilt just in case I ever want to make another one. Rarely do I use a pattern but use pictures I might see, sketch my own design and go from there.

kensington

I usually do sketch, and I use colored pencils too so I can see how my choices will look when it's done.

lollygagging

I always do some kind of layout so that I can get the math right. It also helps me layout colors as well.

RkayD

I do. I carry a sketch book and colored pencils with me. =)

Neesie

I have several pads of graph paper, which I use for sketching out ideas. I . . . ahem . . . sketch a lot more than I actually sew . . . .