Fabriclovr

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Fabriclovr

I got mine at Joann's and I subscribed to the mag as well. I was looking for a mag to sub to because the others that I used to read were just all ads. I want quilting, not ads for other crap not related to quilting!

Caroline S

Ok, I have ordered the magazine. Can someone give me the yardage and color value recommendations.? I am itching to go shopping in my stash while I await the arrival of the magazine.

Havplenty

wasnt joann's cloth world 20 years ago? i dont remember joann's being around back in those days. i made clothing then and bought my fabrics from so-fro fabrics, cloth world and designer fabric warehouse. i had given so much fabric away once i stopped sewing and only kept the really expensive silks, wools and japanese cottons i had. many of the cotton fabrics today do dull in comparison to what fabrics were like 20 years ago.

Havplenty

i am with you on this, i want to know also.

Fabriclovr

When you get the magazine, it will have 4 sets of color combinations shown for the quilt on page 41. They were very helpful in guiding what is needed. You will need 4 fabrics and they are described as this: (and this is just a short paraphrase of the description they have listed in the mag)

Fabric A: This is your Focus Fabric. You will need 1 1/8 yds of a multi-color print that you love. It can be a large print or directional, light or dark.

Fabric B: You will need 3 1/8 yards! Non-directional tone on tone print that is a contrast to Fabric A

Fabric C: You will need 1 5/8 yds, non-directional, small or med scale opposite value of Fabric B ( so if B is dark, C should be light and vice versa)

Fabric D: You will need 5/8 yd, Anything goes here as long as it matches the others.

I hope that helps and gets you thinking before your new mag arrives.

Caroline S

Thanks Susan I will start shopping the stash ASAP.

Fabriclovr

You know, your right! It was Cloth World and I loved those stores. I remember when they were going out of business, they had gone in and marked down everything to 70% off and I was walking down the isles and found a full bolt of dress weight wool that someone had put in the cottons section and the end was marked in red at $2.50/yd! It was a full bolt complete with the plastic wrap on it. I took it to the counter and told them that I wanted the full bolt (that is when they had bolts at 25 yards not the skimpy 8 yards they have now) and they told me the end was mis-marked. I pressed the issue, and they gave it to me for $2.50 a yard! I still have about 5 or 6 yards left. I use it to cover my ironing board and it works great! Oh I also made a couple of suits out of it too

rainbow quilter

Okay, I finally made up my mind to do the mystery quilt. I'm using a combination of fabrics from my stash with one new one. I'm still not sure about the yellow as fabric D, so that one might change.

I had to finish a few odds and ends of projects before I could start, but I'm going to start cutting as soon as I post this.

Fabriclovr

Nice combination.. now I really should rethink mine! LOL