Originally Posted by JudyG
Originally Posted by PghPat
Question - I have never done a BOM and it does sound like fun. I'm a fairly new quilter and think it would be nice to learn some different blocks. I read thru all the discussion and pictures last night and loved them all. I decided I'd like to get coordinating fabric to use all year for all the different blocks and was trying to decide what colors I'd want. Well, I got the answer - I sat behind a woman this morning in church and she had on a blazer made with 4 colors and I just loved it - decision made. Now my question is - approximately how much of each of 4 fabrics would I buy to feel safe in having enough for 12 blocks.
Thanks for your help. Can't wait to start.
Pat
Pat, it is really hard to determine how much fabric to have on hand for this BOM because we have no idea of what other star blocks will be chosen during the following months. If it helps at all, I figure the block we just did took approximately 1 5" strip across the width of the fabric for the background and 1 15" x 5" piece for the star, which is less than 1/2 width of fabric x 5". Of course, we don't know if future stars will have more background or less, and some may have 3 or 4 colors in the stars so each one would take a minimum amount of fabric. It's just hard to say. If I had to buy background fabric, I would probably err on the side of having too much and figure 1/4 yard for each star, knowing that would probably be too much. I would then maybe buy fat quarters to make the stars with.
Sorry I can't be of more help. Anybody else have any ideas to help Pat out???
I used 2 FQs and made 2 stars from them with leftovers