Originally Posted by
gram2five
Just wondering how much yardage you buy when you run across a great sale on fabric you just can't pass up, but don't have a particular quilt or pattern in mind. I'm just beginning my adventures into quilting, so any advise will be appreciated.
A lot depends on how you quilt. Are you a few fabrics quilt gal or do you want to go completely scrappy? I was introduced to the Bonnie Hunter way of quilting many years ago and that's lots of different fabric. I, also make pillowcases, so I buy 1 yd or 2 yd pieces and more yardage if it's a great sale. You can always use as a border or all or part of a backing. I ran into a pieces of yardage sale a while ago and I bought 2 hundred yards - I do have a scrappy batch of fabrics. I, also run the unwashed fabric of Quiltville swap - everytime we have a color strip swap I buy myself 1 yd of 10 different fabrics in that color, cut enough for my swap, and the swaps I get back are 100 different fabrics. Plus it's fun.