i have never and don't see myself buying any in the future.

the best part of quilting for me is coming up with the design and selecting all the fabrics.

a kit robs me of all that creative enjoyment.

I have only bought one and had it three years. Finally needed batiks for another quilt entirely and used the ones from the kit in another pattern. It turned out beautifully anyhow and I was able to add other batiks to the ones from the kit and make a larger quilt.

i've purchase one kit but haven't made it yet. I bought it cause the theme was cards and I know of someone who would love it.

I tried them a couple of times, they seemed to small when done. Also, I was shorted on material once, which didn't make me happy. Once the pattern was wrong on measurements. Again not happy. I really like to do my own anyway. I love the scrappies and the freedom of putting toether my own.

I rarely buy kits. However, on my last Shop Hop there was a black/white and bold colored quilt. The black and white were backgrounds and the bolds made different stars. It really caught my eye so bought it.

Like to buy quilt kits in designs and fabrics I like. Often times will make the quilt again with stash fabrics. My daughter recently attacked by stash - quilts and fabrics - and has started her Christmas presents. College girl on a tight budget - "wow. I can make all this stuff for free." Of course it is a good reason to replenish my stash.

I'm doing the Jinny Beyer Moon Glow kit through a BOM out of a shop in Texas. It's a skill building quilt for an intermediate quilter. So far I have three blocks completed and two in the "on deck circle". I get so excited when I get one finished, but need multiple hours to complete a block since I'm learning new techniques. I love the colors and would never have been able to pick them all out myself. Love it!

Yes i do. I like kits

I have been buying kits because I don't think I am good at picking colors so I love the kits.

Yep....for when I don't want to think

I just bought my first kit. When I got in home to Texas (from South Dakota), I was disappointed. The quilt pattern shows 3 different fabrics. The kit had only 2. There is enough Main fabric to make the kit, but I really liked the two different main fabrics on the picture. I will make do however.

I tend to buy table runners and other small things in kits, it helps me understand the project then I have the pattern to make more items.

I've never purchased a kit. I admire them but enjoy the fabric selection process too much to not do it myself.

Yes, I buy quilt kits. I like having the fabric already picked out. I have a hard time sometimes getting the colors to go together.

Generally no due to price and the fact that I like to pick my own fabric. I have seen a few I would consider, but only a very few.

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?

I like to pick my own colors. Most of the time I don't have the money to buy kits. I scrap quilt.

I buy them because I am matching fabric challanged. It fustrates me to try and find materials that go together.

I purchase kits if I see something I really like. There are so many beautiful ones. I love to look at the ones from Keepsake Quilting and Hancock's of Paducah. That being said I make some of my own design and colors also.

I have before, but they just sat here so I sold them.

For years I bought kits, telling my friends that one day the price of cotton would up. Well, now it has and the price of fabric is up. So I have about 15 kits in the closet.

I enjoy buying kits for the quick to make project without having to decide on colors etc. I would not mine paying a tad more to make sure I have enough fabric to finish or for my stash. There is one shop I will not buy kits from anymore because they always seem short. Of course, most of my kits sit for awhile, so when I find they are short I am not able to get the fabric. :-(

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.

If the pattern, fabrics, and price are right, I love the kits! I've got six waiting to be made that I bought on sale or at a good price when shop hopping.

My sister loves kits. I have only done a couple and prefer
choosing my own fabrics. The other thing with kits is that there is ususally only enough fabric to get it done and I like having a little extra for when I make mistakes (or at least knowing that there is a bolt of it in the store so I can get more)

Yes I sure do if 1) I like it, 2)it's on sale. I add and take away to sort of make it my own. Their great if you have limited space.

Which one did you get. Her kits are beautiful!

I like the convenience of a kit--especially if it is a complex pattern. BUT I have also been burned. One kit, bought for my DGD's first big girl bed, was short nearly a meter in fabric and I had to redesign the pattern to compensate. I never got any reply when I emailed the company with my complaints.

Now, the first thing I do, is open the kit, measure all the pieces and compare that to the checklist, even if I am not going to make the quilt right away.

I have several because I was looking on Ebay way too much. Now I just need to get back to working on them. LOL

If I love the pattern AND the fabric, I definitely buy the kit.

Mostly I buy "loose" fabric cuts but I have many kits, as well. When I first saw this topic, I thought it said "Do you buy quilts?" which I've also done ONCE.

I bought a 4" patch block quilt top for $40 from a local antique store. It's just the quilt top but I'm going to tie it with the backing of muslin, like they did in the "olden days".

I have bought 2 wall hanging kits.

Only once when the fabric was discontinued. Found the kit at an Australian quilt shop. Already had the pattern, but couldn't find the fabric in the desired colorways until I saw the kit. The quilt now resides in America.

I have bought kits that why you don't have to hide and buy the fabric for it when you might just need a small peice! I'm doing a Halloween door quilt that is sooo cute and I have added some of my own farbic to it too!

I'm not a kit buyer usually. I bought a kit years ago on a shop hop, still look at the kit every once in a whole and say some day...
I bought one last week on vacation and did sew it mostly together.
I tend not to like the color choices that are in kits. I like to pick out my own. So if I can buy the pattern, I will and get my own fabric for the project.

I have bought some kits...but need to make sure everyting is in their that you need....down the road you may be short changed.

Nope, if I can get the pattern without the kit that's great. I like to use my own choices of fabrics. I have some kits and they are languishing in a bin for "some day."

I buy lots of kits and have a huge tub full right now. Hopefully I will get some of them done this winter.

Just small ones that I haven;'t used yet.

I bought one because it was reduced...patriotic that I guess was left over from 4th of July. It was half price. I'm a red, white and blue fanatic...lol.

It's small...15" X 22" but it includes everything but batting. It will make a cute wall hanging...I have a LOT of patriotic things displayed in our family room.