quiltingcotton

I usually (after deciding on a pattern of the quilt to make) I will pick the pre-cut (either layer cake, charms, jelly roll, fat eights, etc) that is needed for the pattern (I buy multiples of the pre-cut needed as I usually need - as an example 3 jelly rolls for the quilt) and then I will pick the backing fabric from the pre-cut and buy yardage from that same line. I like to have some of the backing in the quilt blocks to pull it all together. Sometimes if there is several of the pre-cut fabric designs/colors that I really like, I will buy extra yardage from that line so that I will have more of those in my blocks.

I like working from fabrics from the same lines for my quilts - Other than the pre-cuts, I generally have 3 to 5 dominate fabrics from that line in my quilts. -- It saves buying extra pre-cuts, where I would have extras due to not being in love with a couple of the fabrics in them, especially since I tend to make large quilts - as in bedspread size queens and kings.