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Old 02-25-2017, 04:47 AM
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I'm to the point of preferring to purchase kits whenever I can. The fabrics all go together. No more trying to find just that one perfect piece of fabric that I "think" will go and then it doesn't. And now what do I do with THAT piece? For me, I actually save money by buying kits....especially when they are on sale!
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Old 02-25-2017, 04:54 AM
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Originally Posted by lindaschipper View Post
I'm to the point of preferring to purchase kits whenever I can. The fabrics all go together. No more trying to find just that one perfect piece of fabric that I "think" will go and then it doesn't. And now what do I do with THAT piece? For me, I actually save money by buying kits....especially when they are on sale!
I agree that when kits are on sale I find that you can often get more for your money.
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Old 02-25-2017, 05:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TrishL75 View Post
I had to register just to answer.

I am a complete newbie to quilting, (getting ready to baste my first ever) but it's a kit. It has enough fabric plus a bit, even for when I screw up. (I've been chanting, "measure twice, cut once" a lot)

I like kits because my color sense isn't so good, I don't have a stash (yet!) and it's one click.

Did you see the pattern alone is available for $9? http://www.keepsakequilting.com/gran...-quilt-pattern
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Old 02-25-2017, 06:04 AM
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I have purchased lots of kits from CT. They are very generous with there fabric. I usually can make another project with the left overs.
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Old 02-25-2017, 08:18 AM
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The particular kit that you are looking at seems to have some cute, unique images in the squares. I doubt that you could find those particular images elsewhere. If that's what you are looking at, you really should get the kit.
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Old 02-25-2017, 09:04 AM
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A kit is a great thing if you like all the fabrics and don't want to have chase them down on your own. I used one kit from Craftsy, on sale for about half price. It was all Kaffe Fassett blue and green prints (expensive, normally!) and they gave plenty of extra. It was beautiful and a very good buy.

By the way, Craftsy has a kit sale going on right now-- some less than half price-- but I think it ends either today or tomorrow.
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Old 02-25-2017, 09:57 AM
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I notice that the fabric in the kit is flannel, if that makes a difference on whether or not you want to attempt it.
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Old 02-25-2017, 11:01 AM
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I love to have all the fabrics in a kit and ready to just cut and sew. I have a few ready for those days that I just don't want to search and scrounge around in my stash to find what goes together. I once started kitting a quilt that took four years before the perfect fabric presented itself at a quilt store to finish the top. It took the wind out of my sails I can tell you that. All that being said, I just found a magazine block of the month I will begin gathering the fabrics for. I honestly am dreading it.

I love spontaneous quilt making and designing and I try to have a variety of fabrics that could all go together in scale, print and color. That is good and bad really. Sometimes the grouping just keeps growing and my stash gets out of hand. So I am sure it would have cost much less to just buy the quilt kit and be done with it. I am rambling. Oh dear...
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Old 02-25-2017, 12:09 PM
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If you do buy the kit please check the fabrics as soon as you get it. I've ordered a kit from Keepsake & half of the batiks were short. Not only weren't they 42 in. some were 36 & one was only 10 in! Needless to say I was upset & customer service was not helpful at all. This happened a few years ago, so hopefully they have improved their custom
er service, but I haven't brought anything from them since.
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Old 02-25-2017, 01:35 PM
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love kits but check them make sure all fabric is right size needed and all fabric in kit voice of experience speaking
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