Do buy quilt kits?
09-29-2011, 02:40 PM
#93
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Location: Columbus, Ohio
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I have, but I usually put my kits together. I find the pattern and then buy the fabric, throw it all together and hopefully make it sometime. I've got a few that may be somewhere between 5-7 years old....waiting.....
09-29-2011, 02:58 PM
#94
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Location: Branson West, MO
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I have bought quit kits amd have found that if it is a designer kit of their fabric they use every fabric in the whole quilt. After having gone through a couple of them and I had enough left over that I just needed to buy a little more fabric to make a simpler quit from the .I don't do kits any more.
I did one last year that was for a man and had enough left over to just buy the panel and a little more of one fabric to make a quilt I liked even better and it was a simpler patterm as it wasn't based using every fabric in that designers line.
I actually ended up with two quilts and one throw.
I did one last year that was for a man and had enough left over to just buy the panel and a little more of one fabric to make a quilt I liked even better and it was a simpler patterm as it wasn't based using every fabric in that designers line.
I actually ended up with two quilts and one throw.
09-29-2011, 03:14 PM
#95
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Location: Ohio
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Originally Posted by GrannyFitz4
I bought a kit from Fons & Porter on line. When it arrived, it had no pattern. I called their customer service and was told that I had to buy a certain magazine. I had bought kits from Nancy's and they had patterns. Customer service said that they would send me the pattern. They sent me the magazine. It seems the magazine has the pattern and you order the kit. The magazine cost 6.99. This would have added to the cost of the kit. I wonder if this happened to others.
09-29-2011, 03:39 PM
#96
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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I've bought two kits. One of them was a very good price, actually, it probably wasn't a kit, per se, since if you bought one of several fat quarter sets, you got the pattern for free. I liked it because it went together quickly and I learned a few new techniques with it. The other kit I have is still sitting here - it's more an art quilt setting of a desert scene. Eventually, it will get done.
Otherwise, I agree with one of the other posters - I don't want to seem my quilt all over the place. I prefer to do my own thing.
Otherwise, I agree with one of the other posters - I don't want to seem my quilt all over the place. I prefer to do my own thing.
09-29-2011, 03:52 PM
#97
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Location: Vacaville, CA
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Originally Posted by atbquilts
Kits! As the owner of a small quilt shop that specializes in kits, I have often wondered how quilters felt about the pricing etc. I would love to know the answer to this question...Would you rather buy a kit with just the amount of fabric needed (which of course keeps the price down) or would you rather pay a bit more (perhaps 10%)to have a pad for mistakes or a bonus for your stash? Any one have an opinion?
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