I do different patterns and love working on 'Sylvia's Bridal Sampler' from Jennifer Chiaverini. I do have the materials to do an Ohio Star. I made it last year in red and white and loved it. Now have fabrics to make it in red and gold. Hope it is as much fun as the first.
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I'm all over the place and don't like doing many patterns twice. Except log cabin and 9 patches.
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Originally Posted by brenwalt
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I'm stuck with the Double Wedding Ring. Have made about 7 so far. "Everybody wants one......"
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Originally Posted by #1piecemaker
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I was just sitting here wondering if anyone has a favorite pattern that they like to use over and over. For me it was the drunkard path. There are so many variations of it and all look different using the same block. I have 2 different ones going now. I also love a variety of patterns and like to try something new all of the time. Hence, I have so many UFO's and projects going. What about you? Do you have one special pattern that you like to make? Or do you think variety is the spice of life?
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Ohio Star! Don't live in Ohio but just love the way you can change up the fabrics and triangles for different looks, yet it's fairly easy.
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I'm not sure I have a favorite, but if I need a quick project I really enjoy whipping up strip quilts. I make a lot of baby quilts, table runners, etc with scrappy strips. I also like anything raw edge applique.
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For my seasonal table runners I tend to use a disappearing nine patch. They never turn out the same.
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Warm wishes is my "go-to" pattern. It's easy to adapt to ages and tastes.
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I like one block wonders. The first one hooked me and I have made at least 8 of them. All different. Favorite one is called Fall Garden Folly. It was made with fabric that my BFF said would not work for a OBW, out of a pattern that was "too busy" and a pattern repeat that was "too small." It is beautiful and looks like a Persian rug. So glad I tried anyway.
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Pinwheels......I recently finished 3 twin size for my GDs.And even tho they are all the same color scheme they are 3 totally different quilts. Later on when they are older and not little busy pinwheels themselves they can choose their own fabrics and patterns and help with the 'building' of their own quilts. Erin is the youngest and every thing is 'built' . -and according to her Gramma 'builds' better cakes than Mom : )
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Every couple of years I seem to end up making another double irish chain. Funny how I have never kept one for myself, every one I have made was a quickie project for a gift.
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I seem to be paper piecing scraps into either log cabins (4-5 inches) or Michigan string blocks (quilterscache.com) all the time. Have piles of them. I assemble these into anything from pot holders to string quilts, whatever is needed fast for a present.
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About 40 or more years ago, out homemakers club started making charity quilts for those in the area who had had a house fire or other tragic thing happen to the family. We each made a big 9-patch and we sewed them together and just "birthed" them. Then we started making 6 inch squares and put them together in Trip Around the World, or a diagonal pattern. Today I found out that that is called Stairway to Heaven. I've made dozens and dozens of those. If there is a benefit for the family, they are sold at auction, and sometimes we give another one to the family, also. I have been putting on the bindings for about 30 years now. Sometimes it is back wrapped over front. But I do enjoy putting on bindings with double folded fabric and machine sew it onto the front. Now I would use glue and fold to the back and stitch in the ditch from the front. It would be just as easy.
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Favorite quilt pattern
I have more than one favorite quilt pattern, but I love to make baby quilts with a simple 6.5" square of the main focus fabric, with a 9-patch in coordinating fabrics. It goes together quickly, and makes a nice gift. I have also done several Warm Wishes quilts, which also go together quickly. I also like making the sawtooth or 8-pointed star, I cut strips 7" x wof, then subcut to 6.5 center blocks and the remainder in 3.5 inch strips. I also use this block when making table runners, as the 3.5" strips also make a good border. These are my "go-to" blocks when I need a quilt in a hurry.
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Right now I'm liking kaleidoscopes, but next week, it might be something else.
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The one pattern I can remember making several times is a 3-D pinwheel that I like to use for kids quilts. I also made several quilts using a pieced cat block. Sometimes I enjoy making a pattern over and over; sometimes I like trying something new.
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Roman Road....it is great for memory quilts....I make them as the grands graduate from high school....5 down, 6 to go!!!
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Originally Posted by GrannieAnnie
(Post 5655427)
And the Turning Twenty-----------------when the colors change, the quilt changes.
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Hi I like the Log cabin as like you said you can make it many times but put the blocks together differently and they are always pretty. Quilt for fun Grandma G
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Log cabin for me too!!
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Flying geese, stars, log cabin - um, no. I can NOT name just one!
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I always have leaders and enders ready to go through the machine with no specific pattern in mind.
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I love log cabin and love to make them.
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It's surprising to see how many said the log cabin. That is the one I have made the most of. I have a really cute log cabin baby quilt pattern I have made 4 times and still love it.
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I tend to gravitate towards stars and pinwheels......
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I never do the same again. I begin any with a pattern idea and when finishe. It has so man y of my own changes it is totally different. Love to alter patterns.
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I love to make sampler quilts. I really like the different blocks and everyone quilt and block is different.
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I have made several patterns more than once. I can't think of the names right now. I have made about 6 log cabins and variations of it. I am doing my second Illusion quilt, using just two fabrics. Very good pattern to use up some of the large fabric cuts I have. It's easier to find fabrics in my stash by using two that go together. I tend to buy what I like and pay no attention to if they will go with anything else. Of course I have many I want to make.
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Love pinwheels, and variations of them.
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Originally Posted by grann of 6
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At the moment I am doing lots of charity quilts, and have discovered Missouri Stars "Double slice Layer Cake". It goes so fast, and every one looks different. I was getting teased about "Layer Cake Collection", so am now using them up for Sandy relief. I think I have done about a half dozen of these so far.
It was very quick and easy. Finished it measures about 35" x 45", using 20 of the layer squares. |
Originally Posted by Jan in VA
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First: Log Cabin, because it is hands down the most versatile block ever.
Second: 8-pointed stars. Third, anything I can "snowball". Jan in VA |
I have only been quilting for a couple years and already I have made two snowball quilts and two yellow-brick-road quilts. The snowball is fun and different and the road quilts use up a lot of scraps of various sizes.
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With me it's not a favorite pattern as much as a favorite theme. I love star blocks and usually have one in progress for hand piecing on trips.After one hurricane (Louisiana) when our power was out for almost three weeks, my husband set ourcamper up on a generator in our driveway. Having a stack of blocks ready to piece is what helped me keep my sanity.
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For me it's always the D9P, I come back to. So fun and versatile.
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Scrappy for me are the favorite if I want something to do and it needs to be mindless, will start with a bin or 2 1/2 or 3 inch squares and just start sewing them together, only time I allow myself to color coordinate is if they are the same color going together. Otherwise I like to take all kinds of blocks and build as I go. My most used pattern is probable the Sidelights one, it can be used with any standard size panel or a good focal fabric and goes together very quickly. I also have many want to's on my list. Paper piecing is my next challenge to myself, this method does not come easy for me. English paper piecing however is very easy for me.
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I like to take blocks, items, scraps of stuff no one wants to use and make them into charity quilts. I dislike patterns...they are the bulk of my UFOs.
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I really like to try lots of different things and enjoy creating my own patterns. But if I need something quick, I have made Bonnie Hunter's Star Struck pattern several times. It's easy, uses up my scraps, and I have yet to be disappointed with the results.
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Guess I would have to say the "I Spy" - love the hexagon style, the patchwork style - even the rail fence version. My favorite is the one that make kids and adults smile and look at the various fabrics.
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for quick and easy I love the" Krazy Quilt"
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Single Irish Chain is one of my very favorites...2nd would be the log cabin.
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