Greetings,

I have decided to do the yellow brick road as my first quilt and will be ordering the pattern online. However, being a beginner, I don't have the supplies for it and want to get them at the same time to cut back on shipping and get it all at once. :D

:?: Do any of you have a list of the supplies needed for making it aside from the fabric which I already have?

Any good web sites to order from? Anyone uses http://www.createforless.com/ ?

Thank you :)

I buy all my supplies at Joanns with coupons. You save alot of money that way.
Basic needs are, 6 1/2 by 24 ruler and a 6 1/2 by 12 ruler.
24 by 18 cuting mat.
Rotary cutter.
Small scissors for cutting threads. Thread.
Flat head pins.
1/4 inch foot for your machine.
Walking foot if you are going to quilt it yourself. Bent safety pins. Or basting spray or fusible batting.
Iron and board.
Thats just the very basic supply list, you will collect much more.

ditto to local joann's and coupon. they even sell a quilters starting kit with the mat, rotary cutter, and ruler. it put out by june tailor.

Looks like a good list to me. As you quilt more there will be other things you want.

Thanks for the list. I have a few questions about the items:

:?: The cutting mats have different kinds of grid spacing on them. What kinds of spacing should I get so I don't wound up having to buy several of them?

:?: I found several different rulers out there, for example, Wrights /EZ Acrylic Ruler Easy Rule II 6 1/2"x 24" or Quilter's Rule Ruler 6.5"x24". Any particular brand or type you'd recommend?

:?: Rotary cutter, which size would be more all purpose?

Thank you

I use Olfa cutting mats.
45 blade cutter, I have several Fiskars
EZ rulers, they are clear.

i have olfa too for the cutting matt. i suggest you buy the biggest you can right now.

i purchased a small one that i outgrew from day one and had to buy another.

the mat is divided by 1/8 inches - i think thats standard.

i would make sure it has a 45 and 60 degree cutting line too. you won't need them for this pattern but you might on future projects.

i started with the 45mm rotatory cutting and use it 95% of the time - then i have all the other sizes and use them as needed.

i have mainly omnigrid neon rulers and again as you get more into the art you'll purchase many more rulers and quilting templates.

Moose, looks like your getting a lot of good advice so I'll just add a welcome to the world of quilting and good luck with the Yellow Brick Road. I've made quite a few of them very good choice to start with. :D

My favorite rulers are the Olfa frosted rulers -- they don't slip. You can usually find the 6"x24" in quilt/fabric stores, but the JoAnn website has several of the other sizes. The ones I use regularly are 6x24, 6x12, and 12.5" square.

I'd buy the largest cutting mat you have room for. I use the markings as general guidelines only, never for accurate cutting. I've reached the point where if I don't actually need something specific at JoAnn's or Beverly's but I have a coupon, I buy rotary blades. You never want to run out of blades!

I agree, but I recently used a JoAnn's 50% off coupon and bought a 17" rotating cutting mat and I love it!

I also prefer the Olfa frosted rulers, as they don't seem to move around on me as much as some others. I have a 24"x36" cutting mat. An instructor I had told me not to use the gridded side of the mat, but rely of the rulers for accuracy. In my case, she was absolutely right. Once I flipped the mat over and solely used the ruler for measuring, my blocks came out much better.

I did a yellow brick road quilt a few years back for my son's girlfriend. She loved it. It was in blues and yellows, and I remember it being fun to put together.

Enjoy, Moose!

I rummaged through my coupons and I had 2 40% off and 2 50% off at Joann so I went and got myself the 3 piece quilting set at 50% (fiskar cutter, mat 18x24 with the 45 and 60 degrees lines) and 6x24 ruler which is clear with 1/2" seam allowance or 1/4" also readable), a thread cutter at 40%, 5 extra blades at 50% and a 6x12 ruler at 40% (omnigrid with all the different angles and this one is non skid)... wow, did I save a lot and certainly it made it affordable. Too bad they didn't have the pattern. It looks like I have to get that online... doing that right now :)

I'm so glad I asked. THANK YOU

Now I have to figure out something about the new machine I need to get. Go figure.

no help here on the new machine, but think ahead to the time you'll need new rotary blades. they are quite pricey.

every once in a while check ebay and when you see a great deal, grab it. i bought a complete package of 100 (it sounds like a lot, but they get dull too soon) for $2.50 each blade. i begged my sewing friends to come in with me and no one would spend the money. even though i had to buy in bulk, it's worth it to me. my fiends are all willing to buy them from me now, but so far i have held on for dear life. in the 2+ yrs i have them i've used well over 40. as soon as they start getting dull, off they go to become paper cutters. i don't care how wasteful that is. i don't have to cut with dangerous, dull blades.

for anyone interested, the dealer i bought from is named j. nockles. i don't even know if he's still there. i hope so. i want some 28's and 18's. not 100 each though.

even if you don't buy in bulk, you can still get very good prices there. including shipping.

As a beginning quilter, I have been a little frustrated that the Olfa mat that I have doesn't line up with the quilting rulers that I have purchased. By the time you get to the end of the mat or the ruler, it is a good 1/8" off. I just don't know which one is correct!!!

I've read to rely on the ruler not the mat. However, if you want to be sure that your ruler is true, grab a non-quilting ruler and put it against it to see if the lines deviate. It could also be that the lines are not absolutely parallel on your mat and/or that they run at a very slight angle, i.e. not perpendicular to the edge of the mat... the material the line are printed on is not as solid as the ruler. I would imagine that makes it more difficult to print true measurements.