Originally Posted by tjradj
I've used layer cakes and a turnover pack, but I'm less than thrilled. Usually in the collection there are some fabs that I would never buy. I'd rather just buy yardage of the prints that I like.
I bought a pack of 5 inch squares and most of them were just as you said- fabrics that I would never buy. But, when I put them together in a project, I was pleasantly surprised that they actually looked good together. When I posted the picture of the final project, people raved over the color selection. Through that I've learned that pretty by itself doesn't always translate into pretty in the project- you can take an ugly fabric and make a pretty project of it anyway. Sometimes that's a challenge that makes you feel good about yourself.