Originally Posted by ghostrider
Isn't stash building with quarter yards kind of like saving for retirement with pennies? Yeah, you can do it, but it's a very long (and higher priced) road. :?
That quilt/image in your avatar could have been made with 2 blue fabrics.
Wouldn't have been very interesting.
Now, if you happen to have 24 turquoise 1/4 yard cuts (fat or skinny) , there is nothing you can't do with that that you couldn't do with 6 yards of one fabric.
And it costs the same.
Which quilt would be more interesting? And which stash would be more flexible?
This quilt below (from 2001 - it was my 2nd) has over 150 different fabrics in it. All I needed was an 8" square from each piece. I could have made it all from 3 fabrics - one blue, one green and one orange. Would have been pretty boring, I think.
Also, this quilt that was posted today on QB:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-104065-1.htm - also could have been done with 2 fabrics - one red and one tan. It would hardly have the same effect.