Quilt kit missing significant amount of pieces
08-24-2015, 01:49 PM
#21
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 7,312
Originally Posted by sweetana3
I have gotten great deals on quilt kits. One on Ebay had 21 yards of coordinated fabric for about $30. Several discontinued huge kits from a LQS for $50 that I later sold on ebay for $199. One from Homestead Hearth that had every piece of fabric for a Lori Smith quilt labeled and had over 150 different fabrics.
Quality can vary.
Quality can vary.
08-25-2015, 11:03 AM
#24
Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: BC Canada
Posts: 20
I'm sorry you had such a shortage in your kit.
I enjoy kits, I will buy them on sale when I find a good bargain. For me, it saves a TON of time and I can get right to it instead of buying the pattern, fabrics, and letting them sit LOL
Having said that, I like your post it's a good reminder to check my kits, and also how to be creative in the face of fabric adversity!
I enjoy kits, I will buy them on sale when I find a good bargain. For me, it saves a TON of time and I can get right to it instead of buying the pattern, fabrics, and letting them sit LOL
Having said that, I like your post it's a good reminder to check my kits, and also how to be creative in the face of fabric adversity!
08-25-2015, 01:15 PM
#25
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 6,395
I usually don't purchase either kits or patterns. Mostly I play with ideas I've seen either online or in person and hope I have enough of my selected fabrics to make whatever I have in mind. If I run short there's usually something in my stash that will coordinate for a new design option. Glad you were able to do so. And do show us your completed quilt!
08-26-2015, 05:18 AM
#26
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: South Texas
Posts: 584
I do not buy kits, because I already have waaay more fabric than I can use in two lifetimes, lol. Also, I find that the color choices for kits rarely coincides with my personal color choices, so I will buy the pattern, but use fabric from my stash. I always make a sample block to see how difficult it will be to work with, and if there are no problems, then go ahead and make up the whole quilt.
08-26-2015, 01:56 PM
#27
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New Hampshire & Maine
Posts: 3,300
I "inherited" a Thimbleberries kit (Pansy Park) recently and want to put it together. Apparently, the previous owner, snitched some of the fabrics from one or two of the blocks. Luckily, I was able to find a fabric at one of my LQS that coordinates well with the other fabrics. This is the first kit that I have ever done. If I hadn't inherited it, I probably would never have bought it as I, too, have way, way too much fabric in my stash.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
kaelynangelfoot
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
94
10-05-2013 07:46 AM
bearisgray
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
155
11-18-2010 11:14 PM
Elisabrat
General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
14
11-29-2009 05:59 AM
