How much would you buy?
08-17-2011, 04:14 AM
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I am planning a trip to visit my daughter! Last year i found a great fabric shop with excellent prices(I bought 23 meters of fabric for about 60.00). But I found I didn't buy enough of some of the prints to do a quilt. how much of each pattern would you buy when you don't have a design in mind?
08-17-2011, 04:20 AM
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It depends on what size quilts you are prone to makeing. I try to take some "someday" patterns with me when going to a fabric sale. If no pattern, I usually get 3 yds. of main fabric & 1 yds. of co ordinating fabrics. I don't make very large quilts.
08-17-2011, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by donnajean
It depends on what size quilts you are prone to makeing. I try to take some "someday" patterns with me when going to a fabric sale. If no pattern, I usually get 3 yds. of main fabric & 1 yds. of co ordinating fabrics. I don't make very large quilts.
08-17-2011, 04:44 AM
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I do not have a rule of thumb for buying beautiful fabric. I think I am an emotional buyer. Although, I usually make scrappy quilts so I do not need so much yardage of any one fabric. I do however always look for yardage for back fabrics, then I buy about 6 or 7 yards.
08-17-2011, 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by donnajean
It depends on what size quilts you are prone to makeing. I try to take some "someday" patterns with me when going to a fabric sale. If no pattern, I usually get 3 yds. of main fabric & 1 yds. of co ordinating fabrics. I don't make very large quilts.
08-17-2011, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted by donnajean
It depends on what size quilts you are prone to makeing. I try to take some "someday" patterns with me when going to a fabric sale. If no pattern, I usually get 3 yds. of main fabric & 1 yds. of co ordinating fabrics. I don't make very large quilts.
ON THE OTHER HAND-----------I might concentrate on the main print I wanted and buy the matching fabrics locally.
If you use fat quarters, jelly rolls and such, find a few bundles that seem to go together well. Wait to finish up later.
08-17-2011, 07:18 AM
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3 yards sounds good, but your total purchase should be a little more than the size of the quilt you want to make. I buy at least a 1/2 yd more of each piece I want to use, I don`t live to close to a store. You can always make a scrappy quilt with the leftovers, but I`t hard to find what you need some time later.
08-17-2011, 07:22 AM
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I usually do controlled scrappy quilts so I buy 1/2 to 3 yards of fabrics I like. And most quilts I make are queen size. I usually assume I need about 8 yards for queen size. How I divide that up depends on the fabrics and the pattern I will use.
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