bj

I've bought 2 kits that I did like. However, one did not have enough material, so I had to go back and buy more fabric. Luckily they had yardage I could purchase. The other, once I got it home, I didn't like two of the fabrics and I went into my stash and found two I liked better. I did use the other in a different project. So no harm done. I liked the fact that the kit came with a picture of the finished product. I will probably do another kit if I see one I like.

oldswimmer

In my LQS they always have a sample quilt of all the Kits that they have made up. Once in a while, they have to substitute a fabric that they had run out of, but it usually is so close that it doesnt make a difference. It is easy to see what you are getting when they make a sample. Ordering them on line always makes me a little nervous.

raptureready

I've never bought an actual kit but I bought the BOM's that Hancocks had out about 4 years ago. That was one ugly quilt but I learned a lot from taking the classes. One of the things that I learned was to be more careful in selecting classes to take. The instructor/classes were wonderful but the quilt was still ugly. Since then I've never trusted the prepackaged stuff.

janRN

Like LittleHud I've bought 2 kits from Connecting Threads and they were very nice. Each had nice quality fabrics and plenty of extra fabric. When they're on sale, the price is less than buying yardage. I made the first kit as pictured, the second one I just wanted the fabric (it worked out to just over $2.50/yard because the kit was on sale).
Can you add your own fabric to some of the kit fabric to make it work? Good luck with your grandson's quilt.

craftybear

good luck in finding some new fabric for the quilt

ckcowl

i feel the same way, i have purchased kits, then wind up using the fabric for something completely different because i didn't like it in the kit...i finally wised up and started passing the kits up, unless it's to send someone for a gift, or has fabric's i absolutely love and have to have or it is such a good deal it makes sense to buy it...but 9 times out of 10 i do not use the fabrics that are in the kit for the pattern in the kit. at one time i thought kits were a more economical way to go but ihave changed my mind about this.

Lori S

Not a fan of Kits , there is always one or more fabrics , I would not have chosen. Only purchased one , then decided I like my own taste in fabric better.
Selecting the fabrics is one of my favorite parts of the process.

MistyMarie

I have purchased a few kits... and they are still in the bags they came in. I guess I have to agree that I like the creativity of picking my own fabric.

On the other hand, I bought a hungry caterpiller kit because I priced the fabric and to get the small pieces I needed for cornerstones and border blocks, it would have been more expensive and I would have had fabric left over I probably would not have used again. (I still haven't made it, though. One more for the NEED TO MAKE list.)

seamstome

I have ended up replacing too many materials in kits to ever buy one again!!!!

mlaceruby

I have been disappointed in kits from these stores also.
not enough fabric!
that's why I started making my own!
when I make up my kits the fabric shapes are cut, which to me is a true kit
not just a pattern and fabric yardage