I make scrappy quilts, so fat quarters are good too. For basics like tone on tones and solids I tend to buy more for backgrounds. I prefer tone on tones over solids, I think they add more to the quilt without standing out like solids tend to do. I used to buy fabrics with no thought to what part of the quilt they would play a part in. Before fabric prices became so expensive, I'd buy 3-6 yards of a fabric.
I have been quilting since 1988.
Sharon
Last edited by purplefiend; 04-02-2015 at 01:41 PM.