Thread: Quilt kits

I love the kits from Keepsake and Connecting threads always have plenty of fabric and great instruction. Sometimes I buy them on sale for the fabric only to add to my collection or I will have another pattern in mind. I would go for it!

I have purchased 2 quilt kits and ordered precuts twice. Sizes were off by a lot and so were the precuts. They were all on sale but It was still money spent and was very frustrating. I will order a pattern before I order another kit or precut.

I buy kits all the time, but never from Joann's. I have never had a problem with a kit purchased from a Quilt Shop!

I like to pick up quilt kits when they are on clearance if I like the fabric as they are a great way to build my stash with great fabric lines. I work out what the kit has in it for fabric and calculate a price per yard and you can get some really nice fabric pretty cheap. The pattern that comes with it may or may not ever be used....

Thanks for all the input. It's been very helpful! I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one who has issues the kit from Joann's. It was frustrating to put together but the kit was actually a gift to me so I didn't have any money invested in it.

I have bought kits from keepsake, fons and porter, my local shop, and one from ebay that customized the colors I wanted. All of them had very generous amounts of fabric so if I did mess up a cut no worries.
All the extra fabric has worked well in my stash for other projects.
I have no color sense ( can't coordinate) so kits are a god send for me.