Why do so many people buy so many fat quarters?
03-17-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Why use 1 red when you can use 20? A lot of times if I'm doing a quilt with repeated blocks instead of using just one fabric I'll use several. It gives the quilt personality. Fat quarters are a measured amount and I know I can pull four out and they're a yard.
I have done a couple of quilts that were really fat quarter friendly too. I pulled 10 yellow, 10 orange, and 10 pink fat quarters from my stash and made the queen size Orion Star Thangles quilt. Beats paying $200 for the kit! And I like my colors way better.
I have done a couple of quilts that were really fat quarter friendly too. I pulled 10 yellow, 10 orange, and 10 pink fat quarters from my stash and made the queen size Orion Star Thangles quilt. Beats paying $200 for the kit! And I like my colors way better.
This was my 2nd quilt ever, made over a decade ago. I could have made it with 3 fabrics - one blue, one green and one yellow. I don't think it would have had the same effect. (It's now my nap quilt.)
03-17-2011, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
It's like buying a candy bar , instead of a whole box of candy. It satisfies the craving ... for that moment.
03-17-2011, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
Originally Posted by Lori S
It's like buying a candy bar , instead of a whole box of candy. It satisfies the craving ... for that moment.
03-17-2011, 07:12 AM
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Besides the fact they look cute on my shelf, I do mostly lap quilts for charity and love having the variety for scrappiness. Like Scissor Queen, at times I pull groups of colors from those little stacks. The rest of my stash is 2+ yds of fabric I like or have a project in mind for.
03-17-2011, 07:20 AM
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I would rather have four fat quarters of the same fabric then one yard. It's so much easier to handle when cutting. I buy yardage of blender fabrics and fat quarters to add the color and design to the quilt.
03-18-2011, 01:34 AM
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I normally make wall hangings with two inch strips around the edges. I'd rather buy the fat quarters for the strips; instead of the yardage, I don't like cutting into several yards. I have found that the fat quarters are just the right amount of fabric plus alittle left for my scraps.
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