Fat Quarter collection
 

Here is a picture of my lovelies! I do use them occasionally[ATTACH=CONFIG]585207[/ATTACH] but mostly I just open the drawer and stroke them. Anyone else have this problem?

For sure that is me

mine are displayed on top of my scrap storage dresser. i just love looking at them.

Very pretty. I don't buy fat quarters.

I have so many that I had to "protect" them in a couple of large tubs & right now I need another tub! In the meantime, the ones that won't fit in tubs are being sung to, talked to, & prayed for! Thanks for posting!

You crack me up, DJ.


Unfortunately, I think my stash gets more affection than my family members.

yup! me too. love the B&W one with the symbols on it. lower first column

oh yes, i was given many fat qtrs and fat eights and still have four small drawers of them.. i do have them sorted in colors, prints, etc. one day I will get on them.

Not exactly but I have sorted and RE-sorted what I have trying to decide what to do with them.
It can be an addiction!

I keep pulling them out and chomping them into little pieces, but they multiply when I turn the lights out. Those naughty fat quarters!

Yep! My problem too

boy so neat and tidy

I don’t have very many FQs but there are several in the bunch that are safeguarded from cutting until a special occasion comes along.

Fat quarters and brownies are my down fall. Lol..... Lovely collection. I made fabric baskets (Camden Bowls) and roll my FQ to place in them.

Because if I use them, I won’t have them. If I don’t have them, I can’t use them.

neither do i. they just find me ...and i now have several boxes full :D

I have trouble cutting up my batiks

OH yes!!!
Your FQs are lovely.

I have an old curio cabinet which hold my FQs. For some reason, they are so much harder to cut than other fabrics...

Ha! You're an amateur! I have so many lovely fabrics stashed in so many places that sometimes I'm surprised when I run across a hiding place I forgot I had. Just last week I came across a shoebox full of red fat quarters at the back of an armoire. I know exactly what you're talking about - just looking at the stash gives a feeling of satisfaction and reorganizing the stash is a relaxing pastime. Probably has something to do with the "gathering" women are supposed to do instinctually. At least that's my excuse.

I never like FQs until I found I could use them in a med.pumpkin seed pattern....I used to always buy (I hate to admit) 3yds of fabric when I didn't know what I would make with it....at least I knew I'd have enough. But buying like that left me with a LOT of material for scrappies. I've bought FQs when JA has them on sale and I too just like looking at them on the shelf!!! (Nasty habit!!!) But I am seriously trying to get around to using them up---not easy!!! LOL!

I have an old card catalog cabinet full and two large containers that slide under a bed full and I do use them. I recently made a quilt that used 45 fats..didn't make a dent! I wish I would quit buying but the fabric is so beautiful I can't help it. It is really my only vice!

I had (have) a complete dresser filled with fat quarters. Each drawer was for a specified color and had dividers to separate the rows of fabric. After years of petting the fabric I realized what a waste it was not to use them. Finally spent a month cutting each one up into a 10 x 10 square, charm squares and a left over strip that I can cut 2 l/2" pieces from. The 10 x 10 are in plastic containers, I have 8 cube containers of charms, and I'm currently pairing the neutral strips with color strips to later use for a 9 patch quilt. I can finally see me using my material up!

What a great selection.

I don't buy fabric just to buy fabric. I have been known to mis-calculate the yardage I need for a quilt (mostly because I do not want to not have enough). Last time I looked I had a small pile about 2 feet tall. (yes I know 2ft not worth mentioning here (LOL)).
Mike

My sister gave me about 52 of them a couple of years ago. I have no trouble using them though.

lol, both of you :D :D :D

scraps galore
 

I am a Scrappy Lover, so I always have a use for FQs and used to be given many by a now deceased friend who loved to buy FQs. And when some piece of fabric gets too small I cut it into a FQ. The drawers are about half and half FQ size and when pieces get cut away.

I have a large collection of fat quarters too it seems. I keep mine in shoe box size totes by color as I have acquired that many and some of the boxes are getting quite full.

Nice collection.

I have two of those plastic drawer units on wheels (perfect size for FQ's) and they are about 2/3 full right now. I LOVE FQ's!

I use most of mine but the year I turned 60 my wonderful sister bought me 60 fat quarters, one for each year! Not a fabric collection, just random colors and patterns. Forward 7 years and I still can't cut them!

Why do we have a problem cutting up Fat qtrs yet we cut large pieces of fabric all the time without thinking twice?

How true! This happens to me all the time!

I've fallen in love with FQ bundles. I bought a few from (cough Michael's). LQS shut down 2 yrs ago. Fabric stores have closed to do gentrification. I make sampler quilts so I like the challenge of seeing how many 12 inch blocks I can get from a FQ bundle. Ive decided to try to make my own bundles from my single FQ collection.

That is the best part of having a stash...you can get it out, look at it, stroke it and then put it back for next time.

Fat quarters must be the quilter's version of a change jar. (Your drawer is great.)

Your comments are cracking me up !! :D
I have a collection as well. I did get rid of a lot of fabric lately though. For me it was too
much and made me nervous. I know that sounds weird for a quilter. I get overwhelmed
easily!

Collecting fabric and quilting are two different hobbies!

I buy mostly FQ's and half yards and they get used. I like 50+ fabrics in every quilt and small cuts allow me to have a variety without breaking the bank.

I have four bags of fat quarters & I'm always going through them for various quilts & I'm always adding to them during really good sales. I keep them in those special fat quarter bags with the see-through covers so I can enjoy their beauty all the time.