Thanks Boo, forgot to tell Marmar that yes, we have lots of quilting magazines in Oz, simply delicious, and also quite a few from USA, also yummy.
I rarely follow a pattern but do get inspirations from the mags, and it is quite common for me to wake in the morning and I have dreamt another quilt I want to make, but time is short (I do the admin for my husbands factory) so I have to put them on paper and file them to wait for the right time. I'm not that odd I'm sure, do others do this too?
I do quilts for friends and sometimes it takes a few weeks of cogitating to design a quilt I feel matches the friend's personality.
I also dye my own fabrics often - great fun and some unexpected results