Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • Collecting free quilt patterns >
  • Collecting free quilt patterns

  • Collecting free quilt patterns

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 03-17-2013, 04:30 AM
      #31  
    Super Member
     
    GailG's Avatar
     
    Join Date: May 2008
    Location: Louisiana
    Posts: 6,764
    Default

    Originally Posted by MartiMorga
    I am a new quilter and find that I am always downloading patterns, I have so many that there isn't enough time for me to do them all. I wonder how much of my memory on this lap top is used up with those and the free embroidery designs I have on it. Why do I do this and will I ever use them, do I really like them that much? I dread the day I try to "organize" this mess . . . but yet here I am just now asking for one from a fellow board member.
    Well, MartiMorga, I can really relate to this. I'm such a computer duck that I don't know how to save so I print all of the pictures that I like and also print patterns. I have several binders full. I'm 72, so the chances of using all of these are nill. But it's fun to dream and plan. Who needs magazines??!!! I just pick up one of the binders and enjoy something new all over again. Organize?!! I got lost long ago. Now I just bind.
    GailG is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 04:52 AM
      #32  
    Super Member
     
    meanmom's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Feb 2011
    Location: Fairfield, OH
    Posts: 3,694
    Default

    I have so many patterns saved, bookmarked, pinned, and printed i could quit sleeping and quit my job and sew until I was 200 and probably not finish them all. My stash might be big enough to complete about half of them. Yet I still enjoy downloading them etc. They are so much fun to look at. When I look at some of them now that I have more experience I say what was I thinking. Enjoy your fun.
    meanmom is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 04:56 AM
      #33  
    Senior Member
     
    bunniequilter's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2010
    Location: Buried Under My Stash up in Canada!
    Posts: 545
    Default

    Us quilters hoard fabric and any paper products related to quilting.
    bunniequilter is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 05:30 AM
      #34  
    Super Member
     
    brendadawg's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Nov 2006
    Location: MN / GA
    Posts: 1,435
    Default

    If I never bought or downloaded another pattern, I could stay busy until I was 125! Like you, I love to look through all the magazines and books and downloaded patterns and "plan".
    brendadawg is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 05:36 AM
      #35  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Ohio
    Posts: 2,148
    Default

    I print free patterns as I find them that way I can drool over them. Also If I do not print them out they are "lost " in cyber space forever. (I really like a hard copy of stuff). Also I add any new sites I find to my favorites. I have about 200 quilting site bookmarked! (again they will be lost in cyber space forever if I do not save them).This board is GREAT about suggesting new site and patterns!!!! Thanks , Ladies!!!!!
    bigsister63 is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 06:03 AM
      #36  
    CRO
    Senior Member
     
    CRO's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Mar 2013
    Posts: 305
    Default

    I am fairly new to quilting and I am in the same boat. I down load a lot of free patterns. I also will never be able to make them all. I keep downloading though because you never know.
    CRO is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 06:10 AM
      #37  
    Member
     
    Join Date: Dec 2012
    Posts: 13
    Default

    Just looked, have 43,000 quilting files on laptop (and all are backed up on external hard drive). All sorted into various folders so I can find something if I choose to. Also have 2 special folders, One is "DO" with maybe 50 patterns in it & the other is "Favorites", with maybe 200 in it. So those are my got to folders if I am looking for something new to start.
    Kathleen122 is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 06:21 AM
      #38  
    Super Member
     
    Grace MooreLinker's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2010
    Location: Oregon
    Posts: 1,904
    Default

    I always look at the new free patterns, have enough now that I would/will never make one of each pattern in my life time. I have an embroidery machine and my husband is learning to make the patterns for me, so quilting has been side tracked for a while. But it is haunting me to get make to it. I have 3 quilt tops to quilt and a new sample block hanging up over my machine saying make me. Happy quilting
    Grace MooreLinker is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 06:22 AM
      #39  
    Super Member
     
    Grace MooreLinker's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2010
    Location: Oregon
    Posts: 1,904
    Default

    Originally Posted by bigsister63
    I print free patterns as I find them that way I can drool over them. Also If I do not print them out they are "lost " in cyber space forever. (I really like a hard copy of stuff). Also I add any new sites I find to my favorites. I have about 200 quilting site bookmarked! (again they will be lost in cyber space forever if I do not save them).This board is GREAT about suggesting new site and patterns!!!! Thanks , Ladies!!!!!
    Ditto I do thte same.
    Grace MooreLinker is offline  
    Old 03-17-2013, 06:27 AM
      #40  
    Super Member
     
    Dodie's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2008
    Location: Wyoming
    Posts: 1,460
    Default

    I am also guilty of this I need 3 more life times to use my patterns and fabric plus kits oh well sure saves buying at todays prices since we also live on a fixed income
    Dodie is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    Sideways
    For Vintage & Antique Machine Enthusiasts
    16
    04-21-2013 01:42 PM
    BellaBoo
    Recipes
    20
    06-09-2012 07:55 AM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter