Do You Find Yourself Passing on a Lot of Patterns?
03-01-2011, 09:49 AM
#12
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
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If I do an easy quilt, its easy enough I don't need a pattern and can draw it out myself. If I pay money for a book or pattern or anything else, it is because I can't do it myself. I find myself using "easy" patterns for children's quilts and charity quilts (also for children) and for myself gravitating towards the more difficult patterns. I buy quilt books, but not individual patterns because I feel like I get a lot more bang for my buck out of a book with many block patterns and quilt patterns, not just one pattern I'll make one time (because I've never done the same quilt twice).
03-01-2011, 10:54 AM
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Las Vegas NV
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I try to not buy to many. I never follow it anyway. I"m always changing it. Also so many free patterns on net. I am more concerned in learning a new technique, then adapt it to my quilting. I can usually figure out a pattern from the picture.
03-01-2011, 12:55 PM
#15
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: North Texas
Posts: 8,710
Gosh, with the patterns and free patterns on the internet, I find I don't have to keep as many. So I have sold my stash of patterns, all but about 40, on here to share. I stil need to go thru the magazines. I keep them in date order by magazines and am getting close to being a magazine hoarder. LOL. SO I, too am going to discontinue my subscriptions. It's more ads than learning now. Have to get my dh to quit automatically mailing in my notices when he gets them. Think of the money we can save for fabrics????
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