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SWChick 03-16-2011 06:01 PM

Color, print, and design of the fabric. If it doesn't talk to me I don't care how good the price is. I don't want my stash filled with good prices that I wouldn't use for anything but backings on wallhangings.

Jim's Gem 03-16-2011 06:01 PM

All the above!!!

I always check the sale corner first!!
My closest LQS has sales about every 6 weeks or so. If it's a fabric I see in that shop, I will wait for a sale, unless there's only a little left on the bolt.

weasier22 03-16-2011 06:03 PM

By pattern and color...and then there's alway impulse!! Especially when it's a good bargin and there's 50% off coupons!

DogHouseMom 03-16-2011 06:04 PM

Mostly impulse, sometimes by the pattern. If it's a fabric I just love, I'll stash it. If I have a pattern or project that I need to make I'll buy specific fabric to make it. Now that I have a decent stash, I'm finding that I have most of the fabric I need to make a specific pattern.

I have yet to make a quilt using the same fabric as the pattern, and a lot of times I dont' even use the same color-way.

shawnemily 03-16-2011 06:12 PM

All of the above! :)

jdiane318 03-16-2011 06:28 PM

I buy the fabric by the bolt.

Country1 03-16-2011 06:35 PM

I like it, then I look at price. Price is very important these days.

luvTooQuilt 03-16-2011 06:39 PM


Originally Posted by grugirl
Upon first arriving in a quilt or fabric store, I go the sale rack first and find anything I like, then see what percent is taken off. Sometimes if you finish a bolt, you get even more off. If I really like the fabric and the bolt has little on it with the deal, I finish it off.

Then, I go to the sections/colors that hold the collections I have that I build on.


Hee Hee ME too!!!!! i dont have a budget so I end up with an armful by the time im done..

C.Cal Quilt Girl 03-16-2011 06:40 PM


Originally Posted by dakotamaid

Originally Posted by Granna of 5
All of the above.lol

Ditto, :-D

Ditto, the Ditto :thumbup:

LivelyLady 03-16-2011 06:41 PM


Originally Posted by dakotamaid

Originally Posted by Granna of 5
All of the above.lol

Ditto, :-D

Double ditto :-D :-D


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