Fat Quarters or Yardage
#31
Originally Posted by Carie
:roll: I am just over-whelmed about your quilt and the number of pieces it took-questions: how long did it take you to make it and would you please post a picture of it.
There are a couple of rows missing at the top because they're hanging over the upstairs balcony. And the lines just look wavy because the hanging part is rippled a little bit.
I first planned this to be a double nine-patch with star-point sashings and nine-patch cornerstones. But then I couldn't figure out how to get four different fabrics to meet at 8 points in 64 different stars. I made the star blocks with nine patch and square sashing. Much easier.
Finished quilt top - 93" sq - nine patches are 3" sq
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This was the original sashing block that I was going to put around the double-nine patch
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Star block with nine patch and square sashing & cornerstone
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#32
Yardage at my LQS is usually $9.26 and FQ's from the same bolts are $2.90.
But on Mondays, FQ's are 30% off, so they cost $8.12 a yard - less than yardage.
You can also get some fair quality FQ's at Joann Fabrics for $1.00-1.29/each. Sometimes, they have them at 40% off and I've seen them at 2/$1 or 3/$1 for moonlight madness type of sales. Be careful - try to feel a single thickness of each one - hard to do the way they wrap them. Some of them are truly awful fabrics, but a lot them are medium-quality and a few are very nice.
But on Mondays, FQ's are 30% off, so they cost $8.12 a yard - less than yardage.
You can also get some fair quality FQ's at Joann Fabrics for $1.00-1.29/each. Sometimes, they have them at 40% off and I've seen them at 2/$1 or 3/$1 for moonlight madness type of sales. Be careful - try to feel a single thickness of each one - hard to do the way they wrap them. Some of them are truly awful fabrics, but a lot them are medium-quality and a few are very nice.
#33
FQs are usually more expensive per yard.
I started out buying lots of fat quarters so I had variety (which worked great for the applique I was doing at the time), but switched over to yardage (for the baby quilts I'm doing now).
I think it's good to have a collection of both. You never know when your quilting interests are going to change.
I bought many of my fat quarters on ebay in lots. One time I wound up with a huge box of almost 200 different, high quality fat quarters for under $50.
I started out buying lots of fat quarters so I had variety (which worked great for the applique I was doing at the time), but switched over to yardage (for the baby quilts I'm doing now).
I think it's good to have a collection of both. You never know when your quilting interests are going to change.
I bought many of my fat quarters on ebay in lots. One time I wound up with a huge box of almost 200 different, high quality fat quarters for under $50.
#35
Originally Posted by cowpie2
Generally FQ are more expensive than yardage. There are 4 Fat Quarters in a yard of fabric. So if you buy 4 FQ at $2.50 each then you have paid essentially $10 for a yard of fabric.
#39
I found that if my project is pieced with repetitve pattern, yardage is necessary. But if it is an applique, fat quarters come in handy for a variety of color. With applique, you still need yardage for background.
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