What do you think makes a *perfect * FQ bundle?
10-15-2010, 04:46 PM
#21
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How do you feel about Fat Quarters... lol?
My LQS calls them Quilters Quarters because it sounds nicer than Fat Quarters.
My LQS calls them Quilters Quarters because it sounds nicer than Fat Quarters.
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
The skinny rolls are called "honey buns".
And Windham calls their 5" x width-of-fabric "fat rolls" and has trademarked that name, though I think it sounds absolutely AWFUL and makes me think about my waistline!
:thumbdown:
(What WAS their marketing department thinking??)
But ... 100" x width-of-fabric roll-ups would be so very easy to do! Are you thinking that there would be a market for these?
And Windham calls their 5" x width-of-fabric "fat rolls" and has trademarked that name, though I think it sounds absolutely AWFUL and makes me think about my waistline!
:thumbdown:
(What WAS their marketing department thinking??)
But ... 100" x width-of-fabric roll-ups would be so very easy to do! Are you thinking that there would be a market for these?
10-15-2010, 05:06 PM
#22
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: was Upstate NY, now NC & TN
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I don't buy FQ very often because I don't see groups I like very often. They are always too coordinated for me, meaning there isn't enough contrast to make an interesting quilt. So I guess I too vote for groups of 8-10, with 2-3 'busy' prints and the rest blenders.
I love the idea of making my own package - offer a bunch of fabrics, let me pick 10 and give me a package price for them.
I love the idea of making my own package - offer a bunch of fabrics, let me pick 10 and give me a package price for them.
10-15-2010, 05:11 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
The skinny rolls are called "honey buns".
And Windham calls their 5" x width-of-fabric "fat rolls" and has trademarked that name, though I think it sounds absolutely AWFUL and makes me think about my waistline!
:thumbdown:
(What WAS their marketing department thinking??)
But ... 100" x width-of-fabric roll-ups would be so very easy to do! Are you thinking that there would be a market for these?
And Windham calls their 5" x width-of-fabric "fat rolls" and has trademarked that name, though I think it sounds absolutely AWFUL and makes me think about my waistline!
:thumbdown:
(What WAS their marketing department thinking??)
But ... 100" x width-of-fabric roll-ups would be so very easy to do! Are you thinking that there would be a market for these?
10-16-2010, 04:03 AM
#27
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Connecticut River, northern NH
Posts: 914
I was under the impression that most precut fabric bundles are not meant to be the only fabric you use. That's so you can buy (or find in your stash) coordinating fabrics to add your own personal touch to the look of the final quilt. A lot of precut bundles are made up of dark and medium tones and when used exclusively the quilt has a flat look and you find yourself wondering why the beautiful fabric you loved in the precut looks so blah... It needs something to help the quilt pop (doesn't always mean you need to use a real bright color... but adding some light tone fabrics will do it because it helps to bring out the pattern in the medium/dark fabrics better). And some precuts are made up of very strong/busy patterns and you need to add "tonal prints" to give the eye a resting place so the quilt doesn't "read" as one blurry mess. And, some bundles are only meant to be stash builders.
10-16-2010, 07:59 AM
#28
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Millbrook, AL
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Originally Posted by sahm4605
I don't usually buy the bundles because there is at least one fabric that I am not interested in. maybe you could give people the option of making their FQ bundles at a certain price. say 10 for 30 and then give them 15 choices. I have seen some bundles that I would love to make a quilt out of only the fabric is either too girly or the colors make it too manish. or the print I love and most of the fabric I love but there are a couple of the blenders that I wouldn't use because they seem to not go with it very well. Got one charm pack and used all but two of the fabrics in it. They just didn't go with the others very well. especially if they got put next to certain fabrics. I hope that you are getting what I am saying.
10-16-2010, 08:00 AM
#29
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Location: PA
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Originally Posted by loopywren
Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
If you could have it anyway you want... what would the perfect FQ bundle look like, for you?
How many pieces would it contain? Or how many yards in total?
Would every fabric be a different print, or are multiple colorways of the same design ok?
Is a riot of different colors most appealing? Or are you more drawn to groupings of just one or two colors?
How many pieces would it contain? Or how many yards in total?
Would every fabric be a different print, or are multiple colorways of the same design ok?
Is a riot of different colors most appealing? Or are you more drawn to groupings of just one or two colors?
10-16-2010, 08:05 AM
#30
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: calgary, alberta, canada
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what about bundles of fat eighths instead of say 10-12 FQ's have
a bundle of fat eighths 20-24 co-ordinated fabrics.
Just thought.
Landscaping fabrics is very good this way as you don't use that much.
also having small quilt samples made from a collection and displayed beside help to sell.
a bundle of fat eighths 20-24 co-ordinated fabrics.
Just thought.
Landscaping fabrics is very good this way as you don't use that much.
also having small quilt samples made from a collection and displayed beside help to sell.
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