dphelps

I wash and iron fabric(starching), cut it entirely, piece it one block at a time, put the blocks together, borders and sashing, sandwich, baste and quilt. This could take me a very LONG time or it may go together quickly. It depends on my mood also. I do try to sew at least a couple hours a day. I also like cutting a whole project and bagging if I find I don't have enough time to sew. Later, it seems to go quicker. It is always a continuing learning process.

jillaine

I'm making a jewel box, too. It's one of my UFOs. I started it when my cousin-in-law's daughter was in utero. She's now six!

Each larger block is made up of sixteen smaller blocks. I make them one (smaller) block at a time, then put them together into a "larger" block. Then place them around until I get the blocks the way I want them. Here's what I've got so far:

QuiltnLady1

I have a really hard time following patterns. I normally spend a lot of time looking at my fabric and looking at books or magazines until I get an idea in my head. Then I cut -- usually enough for 4-9 blocks, make them and see how I like the affect. If I like it I then go into production mode, as many of you have described. If I don't care for it then it is back to the drawing mode.

For me the design process is the fun and the challenge, but it takes a while.

JCL in FL

I do a lot of cutting but so often I'm not sure what size I want and so I cut quite a bit, piece the cut parts and then play with the squares on the wall and then generally end up cutting more. I can't tell you how many times I started making a throw and ended up with a queen size quilt. Of course you can only do this if you over buy your fabric or are working with scraps.If it is a regular pattern, I cut it all first and then follow the instructions with the pattern, most of the time. And if I am adding a border I have a tendency to not buy that fabric till the whole thing is together.

Mary M

I do the same. Just have to see a block put together. I am starting to make a pre-block after cutting all the pieces on a quilt pattern from the internet and finding they done the measurements wrong.

Pat75

I like to do some of each step.I make queen and king sized so it gives me a break to vary the tasks.I made a jewel box for a grand daughter and it was a lot of fun.So my mood dictated which task was going tg get done.I also try to move about and not sit to long.

Landers

I do all my cutting with the exception of my borders & binding. I iron as I go!

Bonbonary

The first time I did assembly cutting, I didn't make a test block first. Now I have a whole box of cut fabric that doesn't work for the pattern I wanted. I will always do a sample block from now on.

Minnisewta

It depends on what the pattern is or if I have a pattern. I like to get as much cutting done at once.

dixiechunk

I'm a process person. I like to see results. Unless it absolutely requires strip cutting and chain sewing I cut
for one or two blocks then do unit piecing then press then so more units together. Too impatient to sew 500 triangles to 500 other triangles, blah, blah, blah. I want to see some blocks!