Originally Posted by candikhan
I haven't joined one of these before, but am considering it this year!
I have a question.... will we know in advance how much fabric to purchase (and how many different patterns/colors)? I am new to quilting, so I do not have a stash to work from. I'm just trying to understand how to help ensure all the blocks work together at the end of the year.
Thanks in advance.
Cheryl
Hi Cheryl, hope you do join us. It's really hard to predict how much fabric would be needed. It all depends on what you want to do. Do you want a really scrappy quilt? Do you want the background the same on all the blocks. Each particular block will not take much fabric, but if you want the background of all 12 blocks to be the same, of course, you would more of that one fabric. Some blocks may only need 2 colors, other blocks may take 3 or 4. So, if you have made any quilts at all in the past, you may have some pieces that may be suitable for some of the blocks. See why it's so hard to tell what you may need overall?
If nothing else, pick up a few fat quarts that you like and give it a try.