Moose

Greetings,

I have decided to do the yellow brick road as my first quilt and will be ordering the pattern online. However, being a beginner, I don't have the supplies for it and want to get them at the same time to cut back on shipping and get it all at once. :D

:?: Do any of you have a list of the supplies needed for making it aside from the fabric which I already have?

Any good web sites to order from? Anyone uses http://www.createforless.com/ ?

Thank you :)

Rose Marie

I buy all my supplies at Joanns with coupons. You save alot of money that way.
Basic needs are, 6 1/2 by 24 ruler and a 6 1/2 by 12 ruler.
24 by 18 cuting mat.
Rotary cutter.
Small scissors for cutting threads. Thread.
Flat head pins.
1/4 inch foot for your machine.
Walking foot if you are going to quilt it yourself. Bent safety pins. Or basting spray or fusible batting.
Iron and board.
Thats just the very basic supply list, you will collect much more.

kluedesigns

ditto to local joann's and coupon. they even sell a quilters starting kit with the mat, rotary cutter, and ruler. it put out by june tailor.

littlehud

Looks like a good list to me. As you quilt more there will be other things you want.

Moose

Thanks for the list. I have a few questions about the items:

:?: The cutting mats have different kinds of grid spacing on them. What kinds of spacing should I get so I don't wound up having to buy several of them?

:?: I found several different rulers out there, for example, Wrights /EZ Acrylic Ruler Easy Rule II 6 1/2"x 24" or Quilter's Rule Ruler 6.5"x24". Any particular brand or type you'd recommend?

:?: Rotary cutter, which size would be more all purpose?

Thank you

Rose Marie

I use Olfa cutting mats.
45 blade cutter, I have several Fiskars
EZ rulers, they are clear.

kluedesigns

i have olfa too for the cutting matt. i suggest you buy the biggest you can right now.

i purchased a small one that i outgrew from day one and had to buy another.

the mat is divided by 1/8 inches - i think thats standard.

i would make sure it has a 45 and 60 degree cutting line too. you won't need them for this pattern but you might on future projects.

i started with the 45mm rotatory cutting and use it 95% of the time - then i have all the other sizes and use them as needed.

i have mainly omnigrid neon rulers and again as you get more into the art you'll purchase many more rulers and quilting templates.

sewhappy57

Moose, looks like your getting a lot of good advice so I'll just add a welcome to the world of quilting and good luck with the Yellow Brick Road. I've made quite a few of them very good choice to start with. :D

kacie

My favorite rulers are the Olfa frosted rulers -- they don't slip. You can usually find the 6"x24" in quilt/fabric stores, but the JoAnn website has several of the other sizes. The ones I use regularly are 6x24, 6x12, and 12.5" square.

I'd buy the largest cutting mat you have room for. I use the markings as general guidelines only, never for accurate cutting. I've reached the point where if I don't actually need something specific at JoAnn's or Beverly's but I have a coupon, I buy rotary blades. You never want to run out of blades!

Angie

I agree, but I recently used a JoAnn's 50% off coupon and bought a 17" rotating cutting mat and I love it!