What do I do with this fabric?
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 13
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Hi, I'm new here.
I made an impulse buy at a quilt show and found out I'd bought the exact same fabric the previous year!
So I have 2 sets of 16 fat quarters--hand-dyed in the most intense colors of the rainbow from a brilliant yellow to deep purple.
This year I have vowed to avoid buying new fabric and use up my stash, as the cupboard doors can no longer be shut.
Fat quarters limit my options--I saw a pineapple pattern in Fons and Porters magazine this month, but I don't know if you can do pineapple blocks with FQ's.
This fabric is so beautiful, I'm afraid to cut it, but it isn't doing anyone any good in the closet.
I made an impulse buy at a quilt show and found out I'd bought the exact same fabric the previous year!
So I have 2 sets of 16 fat quarters--hand-dyed in the most intense colors of the rainbow from a brilliant yellow to deep purple.
This year I have vowed to avoid buying new fabric and use up my stash, as the cupboard doors can no longer be shut.
Fat quarters limit my options--I saw a pineapple pattern in Fons and Porters magazine this month, but I don't know if you can do pineapple blocks with FQ's.
This fabric is so beautiful, I'm afraid to cut it, but it isn't doing anyone any good in the closet.
#3
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
How hard a pattern do you want? Double wedding ring comes to mind, so does a log cabin. Another one is a floral applique or a double pinwheel. A good place to look for patterns would be quilterscache.com
OR you can just send all to me!!!!LOL!!!
OR you can just send all to me!!!!LOL!!!
#5
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Originally Posted by IreneAdler
Can you do log cabin with FQ's?
You may have to add lights or other contrast. Are these FQs all high intensity?
Oh, nonononono applique!. *shudder*
OK, no go on that one!
I like the idea of double wedding ring, but am afraid of curves, as I am a beginner.
Curves just take practice.
I will check out your website, thanks
You may have to add lights or other contrast. Are these FQs all high intensity?
Oh, nonononono applique!. *shudder*
OK, no go on that one!
I like the idea of double wedding ring, but am afraid of curves, as I am a beginner.
Curves just take practice.
I will check out your website, thanks
#8
Super Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Orbiting
Posts: 1,448
![Default](/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I think the "Summer Porch" pattern by Quilt in a Day and using black for the lattice would be gorgeous!
http://brendasredbarn.com/summer%20p...ed%20glass.JPG
Or, a Double PinWheel by Quilt in a day. It's fat quarter friendly and easy once you make the first block.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...XxaQicjifIFaGw
http://brendasredbarn.com/summer%20p...ed%20glass.JPG
Or, a Double PinWheel by Quilt in a day. It's fat quarter friendly and easy once you make the first block.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...XxaQicjifIFaGw
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
craftybear
Links and Resources
4
07-27-2011 07:29 PM