Originally Posted by Joan in AK
I would like to do a quick and easy quilt and thought of Turning Twenty. I looked at pictures here and on Webshots and found a number of Turning Twenty quilts I liked. The pieces are big, but the key is fabric and color selection, which is where I don't do well. I know that there are several ways to do this: pick a 20 piece fat quarter bundle from a collection, pick a theme, focus fabric, or color scheme and go from there. I looked on line for 20 piece bundles. There were a few, but I didn't like the color. Most of the packs were of 5, 6, or 9 pieces, which if I bought several would mean a lot of repeats. Another idea is to buy 5 -1 yard pieces of a collection or scheme, which would give 20 fat quarters, but still a number of repeats. For those who have done this pattern, what do you think of it. how do you pick fabric, what do you think of fewer fabrics, more repeats?
I've had fun chosing random FQs at my LQS when they have Fat Quarter Friday (where you buy 4 FQs and get a 5th one free). I have also seen collections in Connecting Threads where fat quarter samplers are offered for a reasonable price. Depending on the collection, there can be as few as 15 or as many as 32 pieces. For instance, their Aqua Terra collection has 20 pieces; the Bed and Breakfast sampler has 28; the new Sip of Summer collection has 24 pieces in its sampler. I have the newest CT catalog in hand, but if you don't have that, go to their website, www.ConnectingThreads.com and you can see all of what is offered.