Does anyone else have a fear of buying FQ?
06-30-2010, 07:42 AM
#41
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I had a pile of fat quarters on the kitchen counter waiting to be put away. I forgot about them while in my sewing room. DH came to the sewing room and asked me what I was going to do with all those rags on the countertop. LOL
06-30-2010, 07:43 AM
#42
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I bought lots of fq's when I first learned to quilt, but very soon preferred to buy yardage. I went mad trying to work out whether I had enough in a set of fq's to make a quilt I'd designed in Electric Quilt and that is when I realized their fabric estimates are most useful when buying not stashbusting.
06-30-2010, 08:23 AM
#45
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I do buy fat quarters but they cost more in the long run. They usually cost more than purchasing 1/4 yard of a piece of fabric. But, then, 1/4 yard pieces quite often are not very usuable. I like the width and length of a fat quarter and it works well in building a stash for scrappy quilts. And I can stop in a quilt shop while traveling and make a quick purchase and be on my way.
06-30-2010, 08:44 AM
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I buy FQ for color. As I work with a lot of color and most of the time need only a little. I work with 200 different fabrics sometimes and most of the time they may just be an FQ. In some quilts, I don't want to repeat the same fabric twice, so it works for me....
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