Do you have a favorite "go to" pattern you use over and over?
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Do you have a favorite "go to" pattern you use over and over?
I have approximately 500,000 patterns at my fingertips but often want to just make a quick and easy quilt. Currently like 9-patch patterns the most, especially on point.
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I have never done the same thing twice. I always try to learn something new with each quilt I make so make something different. I also get easily bored doing the same thing over and over. I really like sampler quilts for that reason but also do other type quilts.
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I find myself turning to either French Braid or Bargello patterns when I want to make something I know will always turn out fabulous and also gives me the opportunity to be creative. French braid quilts are the (need a quilt in a short time) pattern and bargello quilts I make as a*background* for applique quilts. Beyond those two I pretty much never make the same quilt twice-and those two patterns allow me to still not make the same quilt... Each one is always new & unique
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I have used many charity patterns more than once. I let the fabric tell me what pattern to use for the best results. I love the simplicity of a Square within a Square and with so many variations to the pattern, I never feel like I am making the same one again. I do so LOVE BQ2. I shrink the pattern down to 13.5" square unfinished and it goes together in a day.
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