how important is having a design style

A question I get a lot of the time from quilters, quilt designers and quilt pattern writers is… “How important is having a design style?” and how important is being consistent with this design style?

Students in my program Quilt Design Code ask this all the time as well, especially when we are working through one of the first fundamental steps in the program which is an exercise on discovering your design style.

In this video I discuss the answer to this question both from the point of view of growing a brand as part of building a creative business, but also from the point of view of an artist, who wants to feel free to explore their artistic expression.

How do I avoid copying someone else’s idea?

I also talk about a second question that always comes up as well… and that is related to copying someone else’s idea.

Originality is something I have written on in other journal posts on this website, you can find them here and here.

But it is a question I get asked all the time.

My main antidote to copying other people’s ideas, whether this be consciously or subconsciously, is to seek unique sources of inspiration.

The likelihood of designing a quilt that looks very similar to someone else’s quilt design is very high if you spend your time scrolling Instagram or Pinterest for other quilts before sitting down to design your own.

This is fundamental to putting yourself in a position to create truly from your unique design perspective, and I credit this as something I heard from at least 2 different sources, Bonnie Christine and Marie Forleo.

I’d love to know…

WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION ABOUT DESIGN, QUILTING, OR GROWING A CREATIVE BUSINESS?

Leave me a comment here and maybe the next video I make will be answering your question.