Why Fat Quarters? Plus more about stash & donations
07-15-2015, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Interesting - I think - that if one needs an actual yard of something - that four FQs usually don't quite have "enough" fabric to get the cuts needed because of the waste involved when cutting larger pieces.
I will buy an extra fat quarter if I need all of the yard. I haven't had a problem with running short with four though.
07-15-2015, 01:50 PM
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I buy 1/8 yard of fabric for when I do scrappy charity quilts. I ONLY by 1/2 yd if I have to (online stores) or if I absolutely love it. I don't normally buy fat quarters because you pay more than 1/4 yd cut. Always having to pinch pennies. 
07-15-2015, 03:01 PM
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I am like you, never bought fat quarters, but all my quilts were not scrappy---each one used 3-6 different fabrics in yardage cuts. HOWEVER I have recently made a string quilt and am now working on a colorful wonky log cabin quilt and see the need for lots of variety in small quantities like FQs. So I really think it depends on the pattern and the type of quilts you like to make.
07-15-2015, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by grammysharon
I have quit buying fat quarters unless they are for a quilt I am working on. I find I always need more than a fat quarter so if I find something I love I buy from 2-5 yards. Then I know I have enough to use on front and border.
I have stopped as well, except for some reproduction fq's that i picked up for a quilt I am planning. I hate not having enough fabric to do anything with. A fellow board member did me a nice favor, so I thanked her with ten of them out of my stash. I hope she can use them. I have plenty of scraps to do scrappy quilts. I buy yardage now.
07-15-2015, 05:44 PM
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For me, I love the variety and have been lucky in the fact that my LQS used to have FQ sales where they were much less expensive than the same amount of yardage. I do some scrap quilts and some not. But FQs allow me to have a large stash variety without a large cost.
Of course I also have some regular yardage too. If I buy too big of pieces, I seem to always end up with small pieces to use in scrap quilts anyway, but not enough that I don't need to supplement with FQs!
Of course I also have some regular yardage too. If I buy too big of pieces, I seem to always end up with small pieces to use in scrap quilts anyway, but not enough that I don't need to supplement with FQs!
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