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Personally I would not buy this small of a piece of fabric.
It would be too limited on use. I won't even buy FQ. I think buying yardage is a much better purchase. But each quilter has their own preferences. :D |
Originally Posted by tooMuchFabric
I add up how much yardage is actually in the set, and compare the price, and don't buy the specialty cuts. Waaaay too costly.
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I would buy a set if I could get all oriental prints. I have a quilt pattern that calls for something like 160 different oriental prints in 7" x 7" squares (minimum). I could use a layer cake if I could find one but no luck there yet. I keep looking. I have been lucky in that a number of my quilting friends have given me some bits of their oriental stashes. So I now have 77 prints and the background material. I am about to start making the squares. I probably have enough material because I did buy a bunch of FQs for this and I can duplicate some of the squares, instead of making them all unique.
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Originally Posted by ktmo815
silly question - what is a jelly roll?
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I'll buy them. The price is reasonable, you get a nice variety for a scrappy style quilt, and I love having flexability with the slightly larger pieces so that I'm not locked into 2.5 inch strips or 5 inch squares.
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As one of my professors used to say a lot: "Each to his or her own."
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I'm finding that I don't even buy fat quarters anymore unless I have a specific pattern that calls for them. I always unout of fabric.
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Originally Posted by candi
I am personally not a precut kind of gal because I like to prewash everything before I start handling it. The only precuts I would buy are FQ and only when my LQS have a great sale on them. I generally can wash a FQ after clipping the corners with not much problems.
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Hi Carrieanne, Put those fat 1/8's in a pillow case after u clip the corners. That would probably wash up good that way. Sara
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I agree with Debra - they're a rip-off, unless you have a project specifically earmarked for them. The Fat 8th seems useless to me - it's neither one nor t'other - FQs can be helpful, also half-yards, but for the price, why not just go ahead and buy a yard and have some for other projects? I do mostly scrappy, so this works for me. If you figure up the cost of the pre-cut bundles, you'll find they're a lot more expensive than just getting a yard.
That thought brings out all my Scots "minginess". :lol: |
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