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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | annstitch Says: | | | March 24, 2010 at 10:00 pm | | | | I start out a planner. It's so much fun to find the perfect quilt pattern. Then I have to find similar quilts in magazines or on-line and combine them to make it my own. A dear friend once told me "AL" (artistic license) is a quilter's best friend. It's so wonderful to see the look on someone's face when their given a quilt and told it's one-of-a-kind made just tor them. |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) |    | | diversandy Says: | | | March 23, 2010 at 11:57 am | | | | I love to scan the fabric into my EQ6, draw the blocks and play with quilt sizes...then I can see what my actual quilt will look like before I even sew a stitch! Talk about being green! And never having a quilt that disappoints ;) Sandy Headingley MB |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | quiltgoddess Says: | | | March 21, 2010 at 11:58 am | | | | I don't plan. I love the spontaneity of playing with color and fabric and letting it fall into place, not knowing where I'll end up. I strive for originality--making something that has never been done and never will be done. I do get inspiration from magazines and books but use that as a take off point for my quilts. My quilting soul mate is Freddie Moran. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) |   | | longarm1 Says: | | | March 20, 2010 at 08:19 am | | | | Good morning, 1)I use graphing paper, draw what I think I would like, I play and erase, and have a good time. 2)Then I go to my Quilt program and start redoing the quilt on the quilt program. There I am able to play with borders, blocks, colors and fabric, when I am done I can then print out the colors and the amount of fabric I need. One problem you can get carried away and play way to much with the colors. That's what does it for me. Debbie |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) |   | | KODesigns2005 Says: | | | March 20, 2010 at 06:56 am | | | | I absolutely am a planner . . .I would not be happy spending all the time on the quilt if I have not thought out the best placement of design and color. I use EQ 6 and my favorite tool is the rotate block. It instantly give me a view into several options for using the same block and color palette... |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Smoky Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 11:46 pm | | | | Planning a new quilt is almost more fun than making it!! My world is spent in front of a computer screen for work. When I get the creative urge for a quilt design instead of a computer program or web page design, out comes the graph paper and pencil crayons and colour markers. I have even found a website to print graph paper! I carry a small sketch book all the time - you never know when an idea will hit. I use the computer word processing and printshops for making the formal or shareable patterns. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | LauraBC Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 11:32 pm | | | | Wow, there are a lot of planners here, and I'm another one. Graph paper, coloring pencils, pencil and ruler. It also depends on if I'm using a specific fabric or going for a theme, or sometimes it's just a design in my head that I have to get down on paper. I rarely use patterns, and I usually modify them, but I sure do love looking through the books and magazines for ideas as well. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | EllenG Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 10:16 pm | | | | No, I'm not a quilt planner. I'm a quilt over-thinker ... sometimes it's paralyzing to my creativity. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | weaver49 Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 03:33 pm | | | | I will admit that I do both but sometimes the spontaneous happenings are so much more rewarding. peg in mo |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | suemac1 Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 02:54 pm | | | | I'm a planner; note pad, pencil & eraser in hand, as well 2 colored pencil crayons. I do enjoy doodling, coloring &drawing,, thus shaping my planned quilt. |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | KatieBee Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 11:43 am | | | | I mainly plan. I start with my pattern or a picture of what I want to end up with, preview fabric, then go through stash to see if I need to shop for more fabric. I pencil through the cutting directiions to decide if I can streamline anything and to make sure I have enough fabric, and figure exactly how I'm going to cut. Sometimes I cut differently than a pattern suggests. Then I write up a master cutting plan for each fabric and cross it off as I cut the pieces. this includes the binding strips. The quilt may languish as a UFO for awhile, (in a storage container) but I will know that when I have time to sew...it is ALL there and ready for me. I either include the backing, or keep an eye out for what I want to buy for the backing (on sale if possible). Also, if it is a planned scrap quilt, I can pre-package the blocks (to spread the color or design) and then when ready to sew, just pick up the pre-packaged block and sew it. It is so much easier that way. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | ViViLaMour Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 10:59 am | | | | I’m a planner with a computer, books and paper & pencil. I plan it all, so when I have a surprise it’s always way “disturbing” but I live with it…well, most of the time! ViVi y’all perfect OCD gal. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | marylh Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 10:24 am | | | | I am a planner - must be my engineering training - the thought of just letting it happen makes me break out in a cold sweat! What if it's ugly, what if it doesn't "go" together- what if what if - the closest I've come to - letting loose is to make a Mile a Minute quilt at a recent retreat. That was OK - it had a plan, but the piecing was random!! Mary in MA |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | gdcleanfun Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 08:53 am | | | | Are you a planner, or a make-it-up as you go kind of quilter? I'm both. It depends on what strikes my eye or my mood. If I see a particular pattern that "speaks" to me then I'll run with it, usually auditioning fabric along the way. If I see a fabric that catches my eye then I'll think about what it can best be used for. If my stash needs to be busted, well then, anything goes; stand back as the fabric flies! *grin* |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | lzwhitehead Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 08:45 am | | | | I am a mixture - sometimes a planner sometimes not - I see inspiration all around me, photos of color combinations, magazines, books, a spark of an idea, fabrics. Then on to EQ to work on the idea, whether it is drawing the applique pattern freehand and then eventually converting to an EQ pattern. Or just sitting in a meeting/workshop/class for work and if my interest starts to wain or get flat out bored - the doodleing takes over (I now keep my doodles in a file folder - you never know when one may pop out again) |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | whitewitchcrafts Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 07:36 am | | | | Hate to say, I use patterns. Bobbi |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | NancyinSTL Says: | | | March 19, 2010 at 12:31 am | | | | I love surfing the web and find lots of inspiration online. However, I usually browse quilt magazines and books too. Once I'm inspired by a quilt pattern, a fabric or a technique I'd like to try, I jump in head first and usually design as I go. Sometimes I plan ahead, but usually not. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | quiltycrafts Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 10:33 pm | | | | Planner, without EQ, so graph paper and pencil are my friends! |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Crocker Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 10:23 pm | | | | I plan and plan and plan. Even in my sleep - or when planning keeps me awake. I plan quilts for special people in my life and try to put as much about them into the quilt as I can using favorite colors, themes or even pictures. Just finished one for my Grandaughter with pictures of her and other members of the family as well as the alphabet Bible verses she learned in kindergarten. I'm now working on one for my son with the theme of his college years. (Roll Tide!) I've got so many quilts in my head I wish I'd started quilting years ago!!!! |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | cmd77 Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 09:49 pm | | | | I am a planner. Most of the time I will have a pattern in mind before I purchase any fabric. Although sometimes I see something I can't pass up. I also like to do BOM's. My new project I will soon be starting is a signature quilt. My daughter will be collecting signatures at her wedding next week. She has picked out the pattern and most of the colors (purples and cream) so I am always watching for some lovely purples. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | quilt3311 Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 09:19 pm | | | | I do all except the computer. Haven't figured that one out (yet). Mostly I sketch in a sketchbook, then refine the designs with graph paper. If I am using scraps, I will just start cutting and see where it leads. Either way I just have fun with my projects. |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Wildyam Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 07:45 pm | | | | I'm a "What if...?" kinda gal. I gave up sketching long ago because I'm terrible at it, and the quilts never turn out the way I sketch them anyway. I have used photos for inspiration, but most of the time the quilts take on a life of their own and turn out completely different than I planned. I also avoid maps and never read directions...... where's the adventure in that? |
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| Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Pemela Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 04:55 pm | | | | I am a planner, I do however love the art, design, colours and imaginative elements of designing and planning. I am also open to change if I feel something (design... fabric) will work better in a quilt. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | vernalgrandma Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 02:34 pm | | | | I find that the fabric talks to me. I find the fabric and then a design emerges from that fabric. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | sugarmuffin57 Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 01:51 pm | | | | I have to start by looking at books, the computer, or store, for patterns first. I have to have a pretty good idea of what I want to make before I can buy fabric. I don't have a very large fabric stash because I buy for each quilt as I make it. I am trying to change that because I want the fabric to be my inspiration. I am too stuck to having instructions. I am not artistic but I love art quilts. I have to live vicariously through the truly artistic souls out there. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | luvquilting Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 01:30 pm | | | | I don't have that much experience, but am finding myself seeing fabric or a pattern, and mentally changing it to make it my own...and things don't always turn out as I have envisioned them! I think EQ6 is going to be a purchase in the near future...I am very much a visual person, and need to see what I have in my head, before I get over-committed with both time and fabric! To directly answer the question, I am a planner, but still finding my way to make the best process for me! Nancy |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | ajclapp Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 12:44 pm | | | | I usually start with graph paper and a block book for design inspiration. Then I design the quilt on the computer and add fabric. Sometimes the fabric tells me what design to use and sometimes the quilt is designed before searching for fabric. I've been asked why I don't design the quilts and let someone else make them so I would have more time to do all of the other things I want or need to do, and I tell them because the quilt doesn't always end up like the original design. I often make changes along the way. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | redrockslady Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 12:07 pm | | | | Hand drawn, rough draft then follow the fabric. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Pattiwatti Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 11:44 am | | | | Unless I'm working on a project for my "proposed book", when I want to make a new "for fun" quilt, I just walk into my fabric room and pick out something that makes me smile and take it from there... No planning involved. Just fun ! |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | KakeM Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 11:28 am | | | | I plan and draw with a traditional quilt and make changes as they seem to need as I go along.....I try to listen as they speak to me....as for an art quilt I basically get an idea and break out the fabric and start putting it together. Art type quilts don't just speak to me they shout..."keep going...it's getting good" and so my right brain forges ahead and I follow along for the ride....most times I am amazed at what shows up in front of me. That is pretty much why I enjoy the artsy stuff so much.....the freedom to let it all just happen. |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | Spitfire Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 09:57 am | | | | I'm a heavy planner, but I'm pretty open to changing that plan if the quilt talks to me along the way and tells me to. Also lately, I've let myself try to make backings by just grabbing fabrics and sewing them together - and I like that process. So maybe a quilt TOP made that way isn't too far in my future. -Tina |
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 | Blog Title: Quilters Quips and Tips: Are you a planner? (03/18/2010) | | | bettyannseeman Says: | | | March 18, 2010 at 09:23 am | | | | I usually have a general idea of the direction I would like the quilt to go. Often the quilt has other ideas. I try not to be rigid to my first idea. I let the quilt talk to me. Now when I say that to a fellow quilter, they seem to understand. My non-quilter friends give me that funny look - Her quilts talk???? Often things that look great in my minds eye are not so glorious once exicuted. There is a reason that all sewing machines come with a seam ripper. Plan and prepare but be open to change. Betty Ann |
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