Sampler Quilt Question
11-11-2011, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
You can use however many fabrics you want to. When I taught beginning quilting, I had my students use three colors just to make it easy to calculate the amount of fabric needed.
You might gather some of your fabrics from your stash that seem to work well together, and THEN go for the backgrounds and sashing.
I think it makes a quilt look more unified if you use each fabric in at least two blocks, preferably more.
I always think of patterns as suggestions - but I'm not a beginner beginner anymore, either.
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