Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums > Main
Have you ever... >

Have you ever...

Have you ever...

Old 12-29-2011, 11:42 AM
  #11  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Delmarva Peninsula
Posts: 1,151
Default

I try not to buy the border fabric until the top is almost put together. Another problem that I have is that sometimes the lap quilt "grows" into a full size or queen size quilt, and my original border is no longer carried in the lqs.
nhweaver is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 03:19 PM
  #12  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
Sunnie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Morgantown, PA area
Posts: 1,247
Default

Originally Posted by Just Me... View Post
Gotta be flexible with these fabrics....they change their mind on you!
So glad to hear it wasn't me...it was the fabric. LOL
Sunnie is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 03:21 PM
  #13  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
Sunnie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Morgantown, PA area
Posts: 1,247
Default

Originally Posted by yngldy View Post
That's how I accumulated most of my stash!!!

Lots of mine is leftovers and sale fabrics so cheap I just couldn't help myself.
Sunnie is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 03:28 PM
  #14  
Super Member
 
sahm4605's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 2,167
Default

I am always changing the boarder fabric on quilts. that I why I am not too upset when I change my mind about how the boarder fabric will look. I just try not to do it on fabrics that I am not too fond of. This is how i have also gotten a bit of a stash.
sahm4605 is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 04:03 PM
  #15  
Super Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 1,293
Default

Yes! I'll see a fabric and like it and say to myself, "I can work that into some quilt some day." Not knowing what that quilt will look like or if I have anything already to go with it or hope I'll run into something later...
And now I look at my fabric and say, "What was I going to do with THAT?"
That's why I'm forgoing (stab to my heart) all the sales going on now. I'm going to work with what I have now and worry about new fabrics later when I get there.
Sunnye is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 05:33 PM
  #16  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lived in San Diego now retired in Eagar, AZ.
Posts: 887
Default

that's why i shop for colors for my palette, not specific prints/fabrics for specific quilts... if one pink looks good in this space...then 3 will look better and 5 will look great...a multi-group of fabrics makes your eye move and makes the quilt neverending... you see something new in it all the time... i don't use just anything, but i use all yellows in the same area, and all reds are equal, you get it...check it out...there are at least a half dozen yellows in this quilt... but from 10 feet away, they read the same...the overall design takes over...
Attached Thumbnails qu.dee.9ring.circus.front2.small.jpg  

Last edited by deemail; 12-29-2011 at 05:37 PM.
deemail is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 05:41 PM
  #17  
Super Member
 
Mad Mimm's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Pacific Northwest
Posts: 1,126
Default

It happens to me too. I have found that when I am auditioning things and trying to visualize what it will look like, I don't always get it totally right. I then need to make a quick adjustment, just like what you described. I like it. That is when the quilting process gets interesting to me, when quilts don't want to use the fabrics you have selected for them and they move to you find another...

I agree with Deemail above. She is absolutely right about her fabrics. Deemail the overall design is lovely!
Mad Mimm is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 06:27 PM
  #18  
Super Member
Thread Starter
 
Sunnie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Morgantown, PA area
Posts: 1,247
Default

Deemail, your quilt is lovely. Thanks for sharing.
Sunnie is offline  
Old 12-29-2011, 06:35 PM
  #19  
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lived in San Diego now retired in Eagar, AZ.
Posts: 887
Default

Originally Posted by Sunnie View Post
Deemail, your quilt is lovely. Thanks for sharing.
thank you ... the good part about this style is that you never run out of fabric, you just go get another red and keep on quiltin'...
deemail is offline  
Old 12-30-2011, 10:18 AM
  #20  
Senior Member
 
lenette's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lansing, Michigan
Posts: 504
Default

Obviously, someone else is shopping/ordering for us!!
lenette is offline  
Related Topics

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


FREE Quilting Newsletter