lynnsv

I have made several of them. It's great for a beginner quilt; I have use it in alot of my classes.

scolle

I love the YBR!! It is the only quilt pattern that I've used repeatedly. It is not boring because no 2 are ever the same. I love fat quarters because you get a sample of so many fabrics in a particular line, and this is a perfect quilt for using those, especially if you belong to any of the fat quarter clubs. It is super fast and super easy!

theresa.redington

I bought this pattern back when I was just beginning for the LQS because the one on display was quite attractive in fannel. Then I started to buy fabric to make the YBR and a Wizard of Oz quilt because I just the the Wizard of Oz show. I plan tonuse this material and make a yekkow brick riad through it. These I plan to keep for myself and put them in my yellow room. I can't say when because I'm finishing a few other projects or I want to make someone a quilt for a gift. Never enough time but I do have the material.

marciacp

I can see why it wouldn't appeal to you, and probably
many others, but that pattern has been around for something
like 15-20 years. I don't know when it actually came out,
but I am guessing in the mid to late 90's. It is still a number
one best seller, and I think every quilt shop in America
carries it. The designer, Terry Atkinson, said that she was
able to put her kids through college on the sales of that
pattern alone. It is a very simple pattern, but every pattern
designer wishes they could come up with a pattern that
'hits', like that one and the Turning Twenty patterns have.
I know the designer of the Turning Twenty series, and those
patterns will carry her well into retirement and beyond. :)

starshine

I read on a thread here a posting of someone who needed to make a quilt quickly. She said she was using YBR since it was a quick pattern. She had bought, washed, cut, and pieced it in one day, and was quilting it the next. So I want to make a quilt for my mom for the end of May. I figured I could probably do this one. Her favorite colors are pink and green so that's what I'll use. First time I heard the name I thought it either had a yellow road through it or was somehow connected to W of Oz. But when I saw the pic. of pattern I guessed that the name was b/c yellow rectangular pieces were used. Planning to cut my fabric this after noon.

Subee

I made a couple when I was brand spanking new to quilting. It was fun and easy and the pieces were quite large. I am now an achomplished piecer who loves teeny tiny patches of fabric. But this pattern still appeals to me if I need a fast fun quilt.

XOOX Subee
who cannot spell!

baglady65

I have had this pattern for years and still reach for it! Any FQ's can be used, Simple and easy!!!

Wunder-Mar

I am a huge YBR fan - I have made at least a dozen, and a few of them were from block not used in the other quilts. It's a contemporary look that lends itself to so many fabric choices and palettes. I agree with every reason listed by YBR Fans.

Below, the first YBR photo posted I named "Detour on Yellow Brick Road" because I made a mistake on the first set of cuts, then later on could not find a small stack of pieced units I'd cut just minutes before (could it have been the clutter?!?!?) and ended up cutting and stitching another batch, then found the first stack, and ... and ... and ... one mistake and recovery after the other happened before finishing this quilt. THEN, after I'd stitched together the top, I "hated" it because the lights were "too light" and so I satin-stitch appliqued left over pieces to the centers of several blocks to blend them better. I loved the end result and really hated to give it up to a friend for her 50th birthday.

The second YBR is in autumn colors for another friend, and the third is a queen size YBR wedding quilt for my contemporary style daughter who "secretly" still loves old fashioned florals.

thepolyparrot

Patterns like YBR are great for when you need to put a quilt together fast - especially if you like scrappy looks or have a lot of scraps to use up.

I found another simple pattern that looks like it's more than it is - it's called "Wickedly Easy," and it really is! :) And it's free on the www.byannie.com site.

http://www.byannie.com/media/images/...s_patterns.pdf

I have made three quilts from this pattern - all three of them in the same group of Texas-themed fabrics - two of them are king sized and one of them full sized. All of them have pieced borders on them.

Like the YBR, if you get enough contrast among your fabrics and a couple of bits of eye-popper colors, the quilt seems to sparkle. I'm done making this for a while, but after I work on something more challenging, I'd do another one.

patchsamkim

I have made several of them...my favorite one I used brushed flannel plaids in medium colors for the background, then used brushed almost solids and did leaf shapes and appliqued them on the quilt sort of in a falling leaf arrangement. It makes a great background to do applique on top of.