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Go with what your heart is telling you.. make a sampler block or two and see if YOUR HEART starts SINGING... My first quilt was queen size Pancakes.. all circle sandwiches that were sewn together and looked like Cathedral windows.. What did I know?? nothing, but learned really fast.
I am going to try the Layer Cake + jellyroll tutorial I found on here...it looks like it would be fast and fun to put together and you could make it any size you want!
When I first started quilting, I had no idea how big something would turn out...so my first quilt was about king size! ha ha I quilted it myself and think I lost three or four pounds wrangling the thing through my first sewing machine...now I send anything bigger than a lap quilt out to be quilted.
Can't wait to see what you end up doing!
I started with Jenny's tube tutorial
I love the idea of the 3 dudes pattern with a solid triangle showing off the fabric. That would be beautiful! And, never fear. My first real quilt was a rail fence queen size and it turned out great. I had a local quilter do the longarm on it and with him providing the backing and doing an overall large meander, it was only $100. It's still my favorite quilt. I will be adding it to my album soon. I just came across the digital pictures of it a few weeks ago. They were lost with some shop hop quilt pictures.
Wishing you good luck with your quilt. Dogwood Trails is so gorgeous, I'm sure what ever pattern you choose will be perfect. I'm with you Alwaysinmyroom, if it's larger than a lap.... or unless it is a rag quilt.... off it goes to the quilter.
I do all of my own quilting and I have made california king to table toppers; after awhile it all is the same...wrestling those larger quilts just builds up my muscles and at my age any exercise is a good thing...good luck; I am sure you will do fine
ha ha lilmouse...too funny!
My gran used to have this saying: Piece in the winter; quilt in the summer... I always thought she had it backwards because in our heat, quilting a large quilt is like running a marathon!
I do miss "quilt wrangling" ! It could almost be an Olympic Sport...
I highly recommend the 3 dudes pattern...I love the look and it was easy to follow and do!