Daryl

I don't buy fat quarters very often I buy yard pieces. Fat quarters are good for nickle quilts

Daryl

krisgray

I love FQs - when I want to buy fabric but have nothing in mind buying a FQ (well, they are like M&Ms, can't have just one) satisfies my mind with very little guilt. I also have 3 books of FQ patterns and a few mags and URLs with FQ patterns. I do very few bed size quilts, so FQs let me use more colors and be creative. I also do lots of little things like sweet treat bags, pincushions, coin purses, etc.

I have learned to buy 1/2yds of fabrics I like so that I have a little more wiggle room, plus it's only about a $1-2 more and I can get 2 FQs by cutting my 1/2yd in half.

Conniequilts

I buy fat quarters because they are easy to manage for cutting. I do my cutting backwards of most people so having smaller pieces of fabric is easier. Plus I love to paper piece and fat quarters are great for that.

kateyb

It was called Spinning Rails from the July/August 2004 issue of Love of Quilting Magazine

Sophie2

Thanks, I will look for it this weekend.

kateyb

It was called Spinning Rails in the July/August 2004 issue of Love of Quilting Magazine.

Moz

Oh, Annaquilts, these are lovely!

One of my fav FQ quilts is the Yellow Brick Road pattern. It's one of the first patterns I made when I started to use them and it's what I'd say is a very entertaining pattern.

Moz

Kateyb, your rail fence is far more exciting that a plain one. I Likeee!

BJ SewKkrazzy

I sometimes buy them if the fabric is not on a bolt...but, fancy fabrics don't come in fq like velvets, so I just have them cut me a quarter yard, which is sometime cheaper than buying the precuts! They are also easier to store in small plastic bins than yardage!!!!

msariano

I buy fat quarters for the colors. They're great to transition from one color to the other, add shading, variety and the "unexpected". Yes, at the LQS they can be more expensive than a full yard, but they round out the color palette inexpensively, if that makes sense.