Fabric purchases
03-20-2013, 05:52 AM
#21
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Missouri
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How do you purchase your fabric? I look at people's projects and think I have all the colours but not enough of the background colour ie usually white. Love the pin wheels with white background but I could never start as I know I don't have enough white. I can work out quantity, do you purchase that amount or more? Do people buy part bolts in one background colour?
I started a project luckily when I required more fabric found a location in USA who had some but it was very expensive. I have a stash of all colours which would just be too much without a plain or cooler background.
I started a project luckily when I required more fabric found a location in USA who had some but it was very expensive. I have a stash of all colours which would just be too much without a plain or cooler background.
03-20-2013, 12:23 PM
#23
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Upstate NY, north of Syracuse Area
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When I am browsing thrift stores, I always watch for sheets that are good colors for backgrounds, including white ones. You get a LOT of yardage in a sheet and can make a lot of backgrounds from just 1 sheet.
03-20-2013, 12:56 PM
#24
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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If I see a fabric I have to have I buy between 2 -3 yards, however, when I see fabric on sale, I will buy 6-8 yards, especially if it is a white on white or being tone on tone, as these are my basics for backgrounds. If I see a great fabric I will buy the 2-3 yards, but then also buy one or two other pieces to go with it, but buy only 1 to 1 1/2 yard pieces. I guess it just depends on what I see, if it's a good price, and if I have the money to buy it, especially since I'm on a fixed income. It's a good thing I brought lots of my stash with me when we downsized, so I generally "shop" in my totes, although sometimes there is just a piece I have to have.
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