What is the appea of Yellow Brick Road pattern?

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03-06-2011, 04:34 PM

#111

Judie

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I love all of Terri Atkinson's patterns. They are well designed and well written.

I love the Yellow Brick Road because it looks great when you finish it and it is easy to remember what you need.. I have heard about a baby shower coming up, went and bought my fat quarters and made the quilt in a weekend. It works great for those times when you don' have a month to get something made.

I also like it because it doesn't require a lot of thought, I can do one when I'm so busy I can't think straight! The pieces are small enough to look like a real quilt, but big enough to go together quickly.

There are other great quilt patterns, this has just become a "go to" pattern when you need it. It is dependable and it works every time. It's a great pattern.

03-06-2011, 04:36 PM

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jljack

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Originally Posted by LivelyLady

I understand exactly what you are saying :D

Me 3!!!! It's such an easy pattern it could be figured out just by looking at it with graph paper and a pencil.

03-06-2011, 06:26 PM

#113

chamby

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Originally Posted by raedar63

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Originally Posted by Ladyjanedoe

Newer quilters often need a pattern. We all don't start as intermediate sewers. I don't see anything wrong with buying a pattern--even if it is for an easier design.

I have sewn for years and still need a pattern with very easy instructions due to a condition known as dyscalcula, like dyslexia except this is concerning numbers. I can not do simple math.It makes me crazy sometimes to even begin to cut out fabric,and that is why I always buy extra. I had to take basic math and then algebra 101 3 times and that was with a paid tutor! But you know as they say, Never give up. Have been a Nurse for 25 years and in critical care for 10 or so. (And yes I ALLWAYS have someone else check my doseage calculations lol)

I just don't know why people are so critical, it really bothers me, obviously this is a very successful pattern , lots of folks love it:)

Wow, I have your same problem. I just did not know there was a name for it. I just thought I was stupid. Thanks for putting a name with it. Now I feel better about my condition.

03-06-2011, 06:47 PM

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gwanma

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Originally Posted by steelecg

this is a pattern that has been around for a while. I am a little disturbed that it is bashed. I think that if someone likes it and wants to buy the pattern that is just dandy. If I don't like a pattern, I don't have to buy it. Let's not just bash because we don't see why someone would use it - I happen to like it and find it useful to do in a hurry.

I've been reading all the responses and I don't think anyone has really "bashed" it, they were simply giving their opinion. Like me, they don't really care to make one or were disappointed when they did make one, but realize, like me, that everyone likes different things. Please give us the freedom to give honest opinions...they are only opinions after all and like the post that explained about the history of the pattern, the creator is happy that many people did like it and she was able to support her family with the proceeds. I would never want to take that success away from her. In the end though, I have not seen any meanness in any of the responses, just honesty.

03-06-2011, 10:47 PM

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JustBonnie2

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I agree. This has been a stick in my craw for a couple years. Yellow Brick Road and Turning Twenty aren't even patterns! They are just a bunch of rectangles and squares thrown together. I can do that withOUT a pattern! IF I wanted to! I'm afraid I couldn't be proud of something that was whipped up so fast and thrown together so haphazardly. Even when I'm doing charity quilts, I do something that has more of a pattern to it than that.

03-07-2011, 03:26 AM

#116

QultingaddictUK

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Originally Posted by JustBonnie2

You are fortunate that you are clever enough to whip up a quilt without a pattern, when I was a beginner I couldn't and the YBR was my introduction to FQs and their uses, I know of many many quilters who have made the YBR and made some lovely quilts in the process.

Although I am not a lover of the TT pattern one of my class did the most glorious quilt using a selection of batiks and the TT pattern, which were perfect for it, we all have our own likes n dislikes and these patterns deserve to be on a quilters list IMO :thumbup:

03-07-2011, 06:41 AM

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irma tapia

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That's your opinion, others may like the pattern especially when they are new to quilting, you are sounding kinda harsh.

03-07-2011, 06:43 AM

#118

irma tapia

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I agree with you 100% :thumbup: I believe some are taking it a little too far, thanks for your kind words, we need more of them :!:

03-07-2011, 07:08 AM

#119

lorils

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It makes very quick baby quilts. And I like the designer.

03-07-2011, 07:52 AM

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TexasGurl

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It's all in the fabric choices ... I've made several for baby quilts, and my daughter chose it for her dorm quilt. They all turned out great. It's perfect for beginners and it's great when you need a quick quilt.
I think I read that it's the BEST-selling quilt pattern EVER ... simple and quick is obviously GOOD ! :)