This is exactly what I do, buy remnants from my LQS. I get all the latest fabrics for a fraction of the cost and cut my own strips, charms and squares. I have plenty of variety that way I bought a slotted strip ruler to help with cutting my strips straight. I do buy charm packs or layer cakes from Connecting Threads. Though the charm packs are just samplers with less charms (around 15 fabrics) I can still get some variety for a small price. I do find yardage to be a better value if we are talking strictly cost.
Originally Posted by
rryder
Another way to increase your fabric stash if you are just starting out is to shop your fabric store of local quilt shop's remnants bin--you can often get excellent prices on some very nice fabrics and also increase the variety of the fabrics in your stash that way.
rob
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