bearisgray

Scrappy from stash implies having a stash.

I have heard that there actually are quilters that buy the exact amount needed for a given project.

If i was to do it over I would have spent a lot less on fabric ( even at full price) that would actually been used than I have spent on a quitilng stash at sale prices.

cashs_mom

I don't either. Also it depends on what block I'm making. I like some blocks with more fabrics than others.

Onebyone

I mix fabric lines and fabric manufacturers all the time. I choose what colors I think go together.

Anniedeb

I've never bought fabric by line. I buy what I like, and go from there. I have made quilts from the same line, but only because my BFF buys me fabric for every occasion, and will send me a layer cake, FG bundle, jelly rolls etc. I just like the freedom to chose what I want. No hard and fast rules for me.

quiltingcotton

I usually (after deciding on a pattern of the quilt to make) I will pick the pre-cut (either layer cake, charms, jelly roll, fat eights, etc) that is needed for the pattern (I buy multiples of the pre-cut needed as I usually need - as an example 3 jelly rolls for the quilt) and then I will pick the backing fabric from the pre-cut and buy yardage from that same line. I like to have some of the backing in the quilt blocks to pull it all together. Sometimes if there is several of the pre-cut fabric designs/colors that I really like, I will buy extra yardage from that line so that I will have more of those in my blocks.

I like working from fabrics from the same lines for my quilts - Other than the pre-cuts, I generally have 3 to 5 dominate fabrics from that line in my quilts. -- It saves buying extra pre-cuts, where I would have extras due to not being in love with a couple of the fabrics in them, especially since I tend to make large quilts - as in bedspread size queens and kings.

Schill93

I understand there are no specific number of prints to add to your purchased favored focul fabrics. I just wondered what you generally felt comfortable adding. For people like me who have added over the years, what amounts to enought fabric yardage to open her own fabric store (so to speak) what do you generally like to add to your quilt. In other words, not a required number, but rather a general number by choice when there are enough fabrics to choose from.

sewbizgirl

For me it depends on the pattern/design I'm trying to achieve. I have to know that first, before I can say how many fabrics I need.

joe'smom

What I usually do is go through my stash and pull everything that goes with the fabrics I am coordinating with. Usually I plan well ahead of starting a project, and the idea gets refined in my mind over time. So I'll have two or three editing sessions as the idea takes shape, and I'll eliminate fabrics and add others. I think the number of fabrics is going to depend on the pattern (is there a pattern?). The pattern will give you an idea of how many fabrics you're aiming for. I use that number as the lower limit, but there's never an upper limit, if you have a fabric or scrap that seems it would work well.