Epiphany.......

Ok, am I the only one that thinks this way?

I have been concentrating on many of Jenny's tutorials, jelly roll, 5", snowballing, etc, etc. And I've become more comfortable with machine quilting. But in that process (thanks to the double star friendship quilt), that the small stuff is driving me bonkers !!!! So when I finish this lap quilt, I'm concentrating on larger patterns!!!! yes, perhaps it means I'm ready for larger quilts, but my DH brought to my attention that I've started mumbling to whatever project I have under the pressed foot at the time! LOL! As he says, it is a true indication that I am seeking that comfy, ahhhh position. And in typing that........a true epiphany and sigh!

Nope I am there too right now a too fiddle project just drove me around the bend this last week and now all I want to do is go back to my large patterns for awhile it gives a faster sense of satisfaction!

Fast and Fabulous is about the only thing I do.... Too much fabric and not enough Life left to use it all up....LOL I did do a PP project last Winter which had all the gals at quilt group "stunned"... little miss jack rabbit sewer.. slowing down to sewing 1" strips in a pineapple style design....hahahahaha

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Originally Posted by GrammaBabs

Fast and Fabulous is about the only thing I do.... Too much fabric and not enough Life left to use it all up....LOL I did do a PP project last Winter which had all the gals at quilt group "stunned"... little miss jack rabbit sewer.. slowing down to sewing 1" strips in a pineapple style design....hahahahaha

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I'M WITH YOU BABS, FAST AND MAYBE NOT SO FABULOUS IS MY WAY ALSO AND FOR THE SAME REASON. I ALSO LIKE BIG PATTERNS BUT BEEN KNOWN TO MAKE SHOW QUILTS WITH SMALLER BLOCKS AND AT A SLOWER SPEED.

I LET ALL MY QUILING PALS KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD NOT OFFER ME ANY SCRAPS NO MATTER WHAT. I'VE BEGUN PUTTING PIECES INTO BIG BAGGIES AND WHEN THE BAG IS FILLED i DROP IT OFF AT MY GUILD'S STASH ROOM. SOON I'LL BE GETTING TO THE LARGER SCRAPS ABOUT FQ SIZE AND MAYBE LARGER.

I love love love Jenny's tutorials, but I love them even more with a pattern printed beside me. I enjoy creating out of the blue, but I get the greatest satisfaction watching the project come together and alongside the comfort of a well planned pattern - especially when I've changed things up. I know...silly. I think for me it is less about creating the pattern and more about playing with the fabric and the colours. But, that said, I rarely do anything too small and fiddly. Go big (baby size quilt or bigger, LOL) or go home ;)

Terri

I make BIG BLOCKS, Big Quilts... it's just as fast and easy as doing small pieces into small quilts for me.

When Jenny does a Tutorial... Swedish Leo makes one smaller... I make it bigger. LOL. If she uses Charms, I use Layer Cakes!

I just finished 30 blocks for a swap. Each block had 24 pieces in it. After sewing and ripping (many times) the 720 different pieces I am ALL for big projects right now! Hmmmm, I have a couple kids panels. That may be just the thing!

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Originally Posted by Altairss

Nope I am there too right now a too fiddle project just drove me around the bend this last week and now all I want to do is go back to my large patterns for awhile it gives a faster sense of satisfaction!

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OHHH, I'm sooo with you right now!!!!! One more row, border, and done and done!!!! Headed for the BIG, FAST and furious stuff!!!!

Babs, ROFL, "jack rabbit sewer" yeah, woman after my own heart!!
Debbie, cannot even begin to imagine........!!!!!
Kensington, that's what caused my true AHA moment last night, Jenny's tuts, and charm packs, thought oh I'm so headed for layer cake sizes!!!!
Terri, nothing silly there at all! I envy the fact that you can plan and execute a pattern! Not there yet, but learning to think geometrically is starting to blossom, but it'll be BIG when it totally clicks! A very nice sized lap is about as big as I want to do. If any bigger, I'd have NO time for music, and the Muse is very jealous!
MayinJ..... Lol, have already collected the itty-bitty stuff.......it's headed to the club meeting this Wednesday. The line has been drawn!

Thanks Ladies for letting me know I'm not a total whiner and nut job! LOL!

My current quilt uses 10" blocks :D
48 blocks - arranged 6 by 8, add a border and the quilt top is done ...:icon_woohoo:

I have a beautiful wall hanging that I would love to finish. But I can't, because the pattern was written in hell. I wish I had read it before I bought the quilt. Seriously, who writes a pattern for 1 3/8 triangles? So after an attempt, I put the thing away in a box and move on. It drives me nuts because it's money just sitting there. One day I will finish it.

I too, have made the move to bigger blocks. I am all about layer cakes and quick piecing. As much as I love the little details, it's just not practical at this point in my life. And at the end of the day, we all just want t finished project, not another UFO. I do admit to having a quilt I periodically work on that has little pieces. But I only bring it out in between projects or when I need a break from what I am working on. Also, it's only HSTs, which I love to pieces, so it's more relaxing then stressful.

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Originally Posted by Carrie J

Babs, ROFL, "jack rabbit sewer" yeah, woman after my own heart!!
Debbie, cannot even begin to imagine........!!!!!
Kensington, that's what caused my true AHA moment last night, Jenny's tuts, and charm packs, thought oh I'm so headed for layer cake sizes!!!!C
Terri, nothing silly there at all! I envy the fact that you can plan and execute a pattern! Not there yet, but learning to think geometrically is starting to blossom, but it'll be BIG when it totally clicks! A very nice sized lap is about as big as I want to do. If any bigger, I'd have NO time for music, and the Muse is very jealous!
MayinJ..... Lol, have already collected the itty-bitty stuff.......it's headed to the club meeting this Wednesday. The line has been drawn!

Thanks Ladies for letting me know I'm not a total whiner and nut job! LOL!

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Ah but Carrie....I only execute, I let someone else plan the pattern for me! My planning goes as far as choosing fabrics, and how to lay them out (though often I just copy the lights and darks in the order the pattern writer puts them, lol).

Terri

Jenny's tutorials, which are mostly feature easy, non fiddle patterns...have changed my quilting life.... My username is always easyquilts, because those are the only kinds of quilts I will do now.... I love seeng a cute quilt coming together....without a lot of little pieces.... Precuts have changed the way I think of quilts, too..... Jenny has taught me that even those of us who are not not complete,ex blocks, can create beautiful, fun to make quilts.

I really don't do traditional blocks anymore....except for things such as pinwheels and Broken Dishes, but prefer the kinds of techniques Jenny teaches.....

I've done hand pieced quilts....that took forever.....and very much enjoyed the process.....and I still love to hand quikt when I can... But I really appreciate the "new" ways of doing things.... Thanks, Jenny!

I find it very very hard to make a small quilt! just the other day I started a big one, felt impatient to see results, so I forced myself to keep it small, made a table topper for the diningroom table. cut, pieced, quilted, bound all in the weekend. there is some great satisfaction in having it to put out, versus stashing it away to finish later.....I have SO many quilt tops, oye!