At this one show I go to there is always this booth that sells 8 coordinated fat quarters but they are not loose. They are nicely packaged and displayed on a hidden piece of card board. They are in a ziplocked bag and there is also a pattern included. There are four different patterns that all just take 8 fat quarters. In the back of the booth they have sample quilts made according to the 4 different patterns. The fabrics are coordinated but not from the same makers. There are also several shelves with nicely organized ruler forlded 1-2 yard cuts of some of the same fabric as is found in the kits. this way you can find a coordinating border to go with the FQ pattern. I buy these sets all the time and do not make the quilts from the pattern but just to have the coordinated FQ. One thing is that I will only buy quality quilters fabric. The 8 coordinated FQ and pattern that takes 8 beautiful FQ altogether is $21.95.