Too much money!
#51
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Middle Tennessee
Posts: 360
I am used to collecting scraps from clothing to make quilts but this Christmas I was given $200 in gift certificates for quilting. I want to buy some fancy fabric and make a quilt that is all matchy-matchy. Only problem is I have so much freedom I dont know what pattern to make! Ideas?
#56
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Pekin, Indiana
Posts: 27
I would start with you LQS. I have a question for you. How far is Olathe, KS from Ogden,KS? The reason I ask this is because my Son in Law is in the Army and they are stationed at Fort Riley,KS. They have been there before and lived in Junction City, KS. Me and my daughter would look for local quilt shops but could never find any. I would like to go to a few whenever I go visit them If you could tell me where some are.
#57
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Martinsville, Indiana
Posts: 1,430
Are the gift certificates for just one place? Can they be combined with either coupons or sales to go farther? Look for a pattern or type of fabric that you have been wanting to try. Check out the books and see if there's anything in them that catches your eye. What a wonderful 'problem' to have. Happy New Year and happy shopping. Let us know what you pick out.
#59
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
go shopping! browse- take your time- look through the new patterns, books, look through a number of the magazines on the shelves---browse and fondle the fabrics- the perfect project will grab you- and only you will know -- THATS THE ONE!!! you will love it when you see it- you will know- that is the quilt i want to make---this is the fabric i have to use!!! just go -- do it leisurely- take your time- the gift cards will wait- maybe try something new- maybe do something you've just always wanted to- maybe make something for YOU---
i'd start with the magazines on the shelves at the grocery store- leaf through a couple and see if something grabs you= then visit the lqs---look through their selection of patterns- look at their store displays- look at their class offerings-
enjoy the process!
i'd start with the magazines on the shelves at the grocery store- leaf through a couple and see if something grabs you= then visit the lqs---look through their selection of patterns- look at their store displays- look at their class offerings-
enjoy the process!
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