Where do you go for inspiration?
#12
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 903
All of the fabric manufacturers have lots of free patterns on their websites. My favorite is Art Gallery. They put out a "lookbook" for each new fabric line. My brain is not quite in gear yet this morning, so the names aren't up front..Michael Miller is one good example though.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Yorkville, IL
Posts: 7,639
Facebook...Scrap Quilt Enthusiasts...love it! Also I follow favorite designers like Valerie Langue from Quilt Merchant, Kim Diehl, Jo Morton. For fabrics LQS. The Quilt Merchant in Winfield, Illinois and Sewing, etc in Yorkville, Illinois. Both shops are online.
#14
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,563
A lot of manufacturers do this. You can see tons of fabrics, past present and future, on Moda's website. Jaftex owns Free Spirit, Studio e, Henry Glass, Blank Quilting, and a few others. They publish their lookbooks (you can view them online) and encourage people to contact their local quilt shops if they see something they like.
#16
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Lexington, MA
Posts: 1,169
Try Google - type in the kind of quilt pattern that interests you. Then click on images. Here are a few examples:
spiral quilt pattern
landscape quilt pattern
japanese quilt pattern
asymmetric quilt pattern
If you wish to exclude pinterest from your results, just add the word pinterest with a hyphen before it, like this:
art quilt pattern -pinterest
Have fun browsing!
spiral quilt pattern
landscape quilt pattern
japanese quilt pattern
asymmetric quilt pattern
If you wish to exclude pinterest from your results, just add the word pinterest with a hyphen before it, like this:
art quilt pattern -pinterest
Have fun browsing!
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Posts: 9,475
I really like Jordan Fabrics to watch and she has such great tutorials and gives wonderful tips for making quilts. She also has a lot of free patterns that you can print out. Also, I watch MSQC and follow Jenny Doan's tutorials. Good luck on your search for inspiration. There is a picture forum on this board that is fun to browse thru too.