butterflywing

i never buy precuts. why pay someone to cut for me? i usually buy 3 yards at a time. i make quilts that are between 95 and 98 square. so if i see a backing i like on sale, that's 9 yards right there. i buy within a certain color range (violets and purples, blues and greens, reds and yellows). no browns, tans, muslins or creams, although i sometimes use them if someone gives them to me. i try to give them away. so, i would say, at least 3 yards up to 9 yards. when sauder's in pa has their bolt sale, i buy bolts. i do gift fq's.

horsefeather41

Hi!!! I buy fabric for projects BUT, when i find fabric i love i buy
4 or 5 yards because i'll use it for something and if you go back for more it's always GONE, darn.

velinda

I started off buying fat quarters, then they turned into 1 yard pieces then 2 yards and now I usually buy 3 yards. I buy more of course if the pattern calls for it but I usually buy fabric without a pattern in mind.

ghostrider

Oh man, that would surely keep me up all night designing and sketching and planning and figuring and searching the web! I'd never get any sleep! teehee Nope, just wouldn't work for me at all!! :D

Alu_Rathbone

I just love how they all have desert names.

I buy by they yard... but occasionally I'll get a fat quarter... And when I do buy by the yard, it's cause it's on sale for a low price!

leamelon

If I really the pattern and color I usually buy no less than 3 yds

wraez

I just bought 3 yds of Kona white, 90 inch wide the other day....okay I'm not a math whiz but I was thinking that it was like buying 6 yds of regular length width of fabric. Yes?

I used to just by fat qtrs or half yd and split with friend so we'd each have a fat qtr. Now I don't bother with them anymore. I prefer one or more yds.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

bearisgray

Yes - 3 yards of 90 inch wide fabric would be same amount of fabric as 6 yards of 45 inch wide fabric.

isnthatodd

I almost always by 2-3 yards of whatever really catches my eye. But of course I never have exactly the right piece when I need it, so off to get more! I have discovered that if I need something in particular, I have a hard time just browsing. So I schedule regular trips just to see what's new.

Late Bloomer

When i first started quilting and did not really know what i was doing, I found myself in Lancaster, PA and went nuts buying 2 to 3 yard pieces of what I thought was gorgeous fabric even if it was on the dark side. Now that I know better, I still have them and cannot seem to work them into any projects. I eventually will but now I only buy a 2 yard piece if it looks neutral and could possibly fit in stuff I already have. I usually get fabric for each project so my stash stays the same. I never could find a use for fat quarters or any of those jelly rolls either. I do not care for tops that have a zillion fabrics in them as it confuses the eye, so i stick to my classical patterns.