Why Fat Quarters? Plus more about stash & donations
07-17-2015, 10:33 AM
#51
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In discussion like these, it's interesting to see the varying ideas of what is "a lot" of fabric, or "too many fat quarters". I consider my stash to be pretty substantial, and am sometimes embarrassed a bit by the extent of it. But it all fits into one chest of drawers, fat quarters and yardage. Scrappy snippets are in shoe boxes by color, and limited to 8. So -- yeah, a good bit, but contained.
Then I see photos of stashes that involve industrial shelving floor to ceiling on all 4 walls of a full basement, with fat quarter counts in the thousands. . .
I think we all make the choices that make sense to us given our own lives and space. And sometimes we're not speaking the same language, even if we think we are!
Then I see photos of stashes that involve industrial shelving floor to ceiling on all 4 walls of a full basement, with fat quarter counts in the thousands. . .
I think we all make the choices that make sense to us given our own lives and space. And sometimes we're not speaking the same language, even if we think we are!
07-17-2015, 11:06 AM
#52
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Originally Posted by RST
In discussion like these, it's interesting to see the varying ideas of what is "a lot" of fabric, or "too many fat quarters". I consider my stash to be pretty substantial, and am sometimes embarrassed a bit by the extent of it. But it all fits into one chest of drawers, fat quarters and yardage. Scrappy snippets are in shoe boxes by color, and limited to 8. So -- yeah, a good bit, but contained.
Then I see photos of stashes that involve industrial shelving floor to ceiling on all 4 walls of a full basement, with fat quarter counts in the thousands. . .
I think we all make the choices that make sense to us given our own lives and space. And sometimes we're not speaking the same language, even if we think we are!
Then I see photos of stashes that involve industrial shelving floor to ceiling on all 4 walls of a full basement, with fat quarter counts in the thousands. . .
I think we all make the choices that make sense to us given our own lives and space. And sometimes we're not speaking the same language, even if we think we are!
07-17-2015, 12:56 PM
#53
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Medegenhart and Peckish, your "fat quarter" quilts are absolutely lovely! And that is the reason, I, too, buy fat quarters. Also, it's because I sometimes want "a little" of an entire line of fabric. What can I say other than I just love fabric?
07-20-2015, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ptquilts
it's really bad when you buy a fat quarter and can't bring yourself to cut into it because it's so pretty...
07-20-2015, 07:59 AM
#58
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Originally Posted by k_jupiter
Ummm.... how many YBR quilts do you make? I mean, I made one, seemed like enough. I did cut a second one out and made the blocks, would you like them?
tim in san jose
tim in san jose
07-20-2015, 08:52 AM
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I'll buy them as a set, when the price is right and if it's a collection that I really like - and on occasion will buy them when my local lqs has them for $1, but other than that - I don't. I much prefer 1/2 yard cuts as it just increases my options. Right now, I'm doing a scrappy "jelly roll" quilt - but I don't buy jelly rolls, just cut them from width of fabric.
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