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I don't really buy FQs unless at a yard sale or something like that. What I do is make my own when I deconstruct clothing, linens, etc. from the thrift store, yard sales and such. By folding those sizes of fabrics into FQ shapes and storing them together, I have the convenience of FQs without the extra expense of buying them precut. Here is a photo of my mostly homemade FQ's.
I store them in a rotating CD cabinet [ATTACH=CONFIG]171678[/ATTACH] |
Jamie there a 18 by 22 piece of fabric that can be used for scrappy quilts,applique lots of things,,,,,
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Wildyard - what a neat idea, I like that.
I have only bought 1 FQ so far (to see what it was about - I am new to quilting) - and like someone else here said, I find myself "saving" it for ---. Need to research some FQ patterns for ideas and I am dabbling in applique and paper piecing where it seems like they would probably be good. QUESTION: Has anyone ever refused to cut/sell you less than a yard of fabric at a time? The back of my mind is reminding me it seems like I saw a "minimum of 1 yard cuts" somewhere. Marysewfun |
some online stores with sales going on will say no less than a yd, but quilt stores, joann's that Iv gone to Iv gotten 1/8 of yd without any problem, just needed a little to finish up a project
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I buy FQs for applique - and just because I like looking at them on my shelf!
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I don't buy FQs. I just can't justify paying that much more than fabric per yard.
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Originally Posted by wildyard
I don't really buy FQs unless at a yard sale or something like that. What I do is make my own when I deconstruct clothing, linens, etc. from the thrift store, yard sales and such. By folding those sizes of fabrics into FQ shapes and storing them together, I have the convenience of FQs without the extra expense of buying them precut. Here is a photo of my mostly homemade FQ's.
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I have quit buying fat quarters unless I need them for applique :-D
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts
My stash consists mostly of fat quarters. I like scrappy quilts and that is how I quilt. Even the quilt behind my little girls has multiple different oranges, greens and even different whites. I like the feel of quilts that are not perfect matchy match and fat quarters force you to do that.
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Originally Posted by glenda5253
Originally Posted by wildyard
I don't really buy FQs unless at a yard sale or something like that. What I do is make my own when I deconstruct clothing, linens, etc. from the thrift store, yard sales and such. By folding those sizes of fabrics into FQ shapes and storing them together, I have the convenience of FQs without the extra expense of buying them precut. Here is a photo of my mostly homemade FQ's.
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