When you buy on impulse
#21
totally depends on how much money i have.
pat625-- i'm on the fabric moratorium, too. i am 'the bad example' so they asked me to stay, giggle. oh, i always wanted to be a bad girl". it seems if you tell me no i just go and do it. that's how i got my tatoo and belly ring. lol tmi??
pat625-- i'm on the fabric moratorium, too. i am 'the bad example' so they asked me to stay, giggle. oh, i always wanted to be a bad girl". it seems if you tell me no i just go and do it. that's how i got my tatoo and belly ring. lol tmi??
#23
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Country NSW AUSTRALIA
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I dont do this anymore as I am not sure when I will use it and over the years my tastes change and then I cant use it in the quilts. What I do though is buy threads needles and blades for the rotary cutter. These are all items I will need and when I retire will not be able to afford as much so I stock up now.
#26
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: East Oklahoma - pining for Massachusetts
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When I first started quilting, I would buy a quarter yard of the fabrics that I liked. Rarely would I get a full yard. Well, here I am many years later with lots of variety, but not much of any one thing. Well at least until 2009. That is when I told myself that it would be at least 2 yards or not at all. Sometimes I even get 3 yards. I still do a lot of scrappy quilts, but at least have the ability to do something more controlled if I wish.
#27
I originally bought 1 yard of a fabric I liked. Then I cut down to 1/2 yard. But then I found that I was missing lighter coordinating colors, so I usually get 2 yards of those.
If it's something that I know is for a single quilt, I try to get enough for that quilt. I rarely make anything smaller than queen size, except for baby quilts. Even the quilt for my parents' double bed is queen to king size. When they are no longer with us, it will fit the larger beds that most people have. I just wanted it to be small enough that it didn't drag on the floor.
If it's something that I know is for a single quilt, I try to get enough for that quilt. I rarely make anything smaller than queen size, except for baby quilts. Even the quilt for my parents' double bed is queen to king size. When they are no longer with us, it will fit the larger beds that most people have. I just wanted it to be small enough that it didn't drag on the floor.
#28
totally depends on how much money i have.
pat625-- i'm on the fabric moratorium, too. i am 'the bad example' so they asked me to stay, giggle. oh, i always wanted to be a bad girl". it seems if you tell me no i just go and do it. that's how i got my tatoo and belly ring. lol tmi??
pat625-- i'm on the fabric moratorium, too. i am 'the bad example' so they asked me to stay, giggle. oh, i always wanted to be a bad girl". it seems if you tell me no i just go and do it. that's how i got my tatoo and belly ring. lol tmi??
#30
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
Posts: 4,299
I really like scrappy quilts and that's what I make the most of, so I almost always only get half-yards of fabrics when I'm buying on a whim. One yard if it's something I think I will use in more than one quilt; and rarely more than that, although I've gone all the way up to 10 yards when it's something that see that I get that "MUST OWN LIFETIME SUPPLY OF THIS!!" feeling about. (There's only been two fabrics I've bought that much of on a whim though, and I still have several yards of both left and don't regret buying a single inch of either.)
One of the LQS here sells half-yard precut batiks...ohhh that table is SO HARD to walk away from!! I want them all! I don't think I'll ever get tired of batiks.
One of the LQS here sells half-yard precut batiks...ohhh that table is SO HARD to walk away from!! I want them all! I don't think I'll ever get tired of batiks.
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