Hi every-one, I am coming here for some advice. I haven't completed a quilt yet, but now I am getting ready to find an easy one, my question is. Do you have white in your stash and how much should I purchase. Thank-you.
I really like this board lots of help and great people.

If you want to use white, figure out which color in the pattern you are going to use *white* for, and buy the recommended yardage, that is one way....

Just like with any fabric Buy buy buy! I usually dont keep enough white on hand. tone on tone whites are kinda hard to find. I buy muslin by the bolt, in cream and white. Prints I buy 2 yrds at a time.

What Leatheflea said. I have lots of whites and tone on tones in my stash. I go in cycles where I use a lot of white then black. You'll figure your style. Good Luck

Whites, Tone on Tones, Creams, Tans, you can never have enough. Since you don't have a stash of neutrals yet, let your next few projects guide you and buy extra to stash away. Kona Cottons are great for whites and blacks if you like them that pure. I agree, you will figure out your style. I personally do not have any pure white or black in my stash, lol!

White is just like any other solid color, I think. I have several yards of it, but I also have loads of green, blue, light blue, peach, red and tan solids. I'll probably be digging out the white here shortly for a baby quilt but I haven't really needed it for a while.

As others have said, let your first few projects guide you - unless you see a mamma-jamma sale on white. Then go nuts!

I have never used just plain white, but I do use "white on white" fabric. I don't have a whole lot because I just recently decided I like using it in my quilts. As for how much to buy, it depends of if you want to buy enough to add to your stash or just what the pattern calls for. Me, I always buy more than I need - and my stash proves it.. :)

Nope not really. I almost never use white as I find it too stark. My avatar picture is the only quilt I made with white and I went back and forth to the store to buy enough.

I am like you...working on finishing my first quilt, so my advice may not be as tried and true as others, but, when you are using whites, be sure to use a white batting. If you use a cream color, or a somewhat speckled color, it will/may show through the white fabric, or dull the whitness of the fabric. Also, I have noticed that the white on white fabrics appear to be easier to see through. Kona solids are more substantial and so you will get a truer white since you can,t see through it, but I have read that quilting is seriously more noticable on a solid. I am not a good enough quilter yet to want to do it on a solid. Hope this is useful...Alice

I haven't used much white so far, but I did buy some, a whole bolt in fact. That sounds crazy, doesn't it... but I'm sure I'll use it.

I love white on white fabrics.

When I find QUALITY Fabric on sale, I will buy 10 yards or a whole bolt. I keep black, white, white on white, snow and unbleached muslin on hand in my stash.

I have several different white-on-whites in my stash (don't care for plain white) as well as several variations of blacks as well as plain black and several creams. Seems as tho I'm always needing white, black, or cream for something and having some stashed works best for me.

I always keep white/cream/beige/off white in the stash - it is very good for making scrappy quilts - mix with all those colors and you always have a winner. Get a lot of fat quarters or yardage - you will use it eventually

I used to use alot of white and bought bleached and unbleached muslin by the bolt. But now I use more white on white fabric and rarely ever use just a plain white or natural muslin. I stock up on white on white or natural on natural fabrics when ever I can find a good price , when I do the minimum I purchase is 3 yards .

If I find a white on white that is good quality for a good price, I buy as much as I can. White can be used with any quilt, love it with pinwheels, very pretty, like White for contacts in different paper piece designs, and have fun making your quilt

How many yards are in a bolt?
David

I love white on white! That is my only sucker kind of buy. If I find a white on white that I love I will buy several yards that I like just in case. You never know when you will need a good white on white.

I love white on white! That is my only sucker kind of buy. If I find a white on white that I love I will buy several yards that I like just in case. You never know when you will need a good white on white.

YES YES YES I agree with you on that!

Don't know that I have any solid colors in my stash, excepting a cream muslin.In fact, I'm looking for more white on whites & cream on creams right now.Isn't easy to find good ones, especially on line.Those fabrics can be flimsy & stiff, so like to see what I'm buying.

What is the pattern you are showing with your little girls sitting in front of it? My sister would love it!

I only use white on white and always have 3-4 yds on hand at all timnes just in case. I also buy black the same way. Never know when you will need the basics.

I buy tone on tone when my LQS has it on sale. I buy several 2 yard pieces. I like the off white better than the real white fabric. Its great to have plenty in your stash because you will use it a lot for the background in quilt blocks. Buy a good quality fabric because the background fabric is usually around the edges of the block, you don't want it to stretch.

I really like Kona Snow - it isn't a white white and nice to work with

I recently bought a bolt of Kona white. Kona has several shades of white to choose from. There r cheaper whites, but r kinda see-thru. I am attracted to medium colors, lately I have been buying lights just to balance myself out.

I don't really have much 'white' fabric in my stash, My absolute favorite background fabric is an unbleached muslin, I make mostly scrap quilts, and it just looks so simple and clean..... but, I do have some tonal white on white , just to mix it up alittle. :)

This is an excellent question. I've had some trouble with white on white and plain white fabrics showing through when they were not good quality (thread count not high enough). I would buy a small amount and test before making a major investment.

Muslin by the bolt--it always seems to be gone when I really need it. I also dye and paint the muslin, so a bolt really does not last that long. Love the white tone on tones and use them quite often.
Stash has probably 15-20 yards of assorted whites/creams

I always back my summer quilts with white fabric and don't add any batting. When I sew it together I just stitch in the ditch.

on a really good sale, i buy white and white-on-white by the bolt. for the white-on-white i choose a small pattern, so it reads as a texture, not a pattern. my basic by-the-bolt colors are whites and blacks. i get plenty of the white and black because no two are ever the same.

a bolt of white is always good to have around. you never know what pattern you would like to use it for. the same goes for black. but that being said you really should just build your stash "slowly" that way when you start to get a since of what you like in your quilts you can buy solids tonals and blenders accordingly. I bought 6 yards of white and I am almost out of it and this was over the summer. I wish that I had gotten 12 yards of it but could only get the 6 at the time. I got Kona white not sure which white I got but it was on sale. that was all that mattered.

I have a large stash of white on white and when I went to use some the other day I found that the "paint" that was used for the pattern had yellowed. I had it stored in a trunk, in a bag. Has anyone else had this problem, and how did you fix it. Hoping it will wash out, but haven't had time to wash it yet, just put the project on hold for now.

it's been my experience that the yellow doesn't come out.
however, i've still used it and called it 'off-white'. when the quilt was done, it looked fine, even to me. as long as it's consistent in color and not something that HAS to be white, like a snowman, you should be okay.

Thank-you every-one for your advice, I really appreciate it.

Also try to remember that *quilts dont have to have a white, cream, or black background* you can have a major part of a quilt have lots of other colored backgrounds.. brown.. green, blue, red, purple... violet... yellow.. lots of other backgrounds......

I buy white, white on white, cream or ecru, tea dyed muslin, and black by the bolt especially n ow that fabric is going up in price, and I only do wallhangings

I buy muslin by the bolt, black & white fabric 10+ yards as I consider these to be the basics.

Where do I find the Kona Snow, Online or in a store?

If you are a hand quilter, you might remember white on white sometimes is hard to quilt through. But it is always pretty. I usually prefer and off white.