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02-16-2014, 09:54 PM

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GrannieAnnie

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Originally Posted by Quiltbaby

I have a lot of yardage material. Is is better to cut manterial in yards or fat quaters more so that working with the long yardage of material.

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I never cut fabric unless I am fairly sure how I'm going to use it.

02-16-2014, 10:35 PM

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Jim's Gem

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No! don't cut it! Wait until you know what you need. Many FQ patterns can be made with a regular quarter yard. I hardly ever buy FQ's, I much prefer yardage.

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02-16-2014, 11:34 PM

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BETTY62

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I do not cut my fabric into smaller amonts until I know what I will need for the project I will be making.

02-19-2014, 07:00 AM

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bearisgray

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I am with the don't cut it until you are going to use it group.

02-19-2014, 07:02 AM

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tessagin

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Same here. Made the mistake of cutting some strips from yardage then changed my mind about the pattern..

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Originally Posted by nanna-up-north

I would never cut yardage into smaller sizes until I need them. I like to put borders on my quilts and it's best if the border is one piece on each side. I don't like to piece the border if I don't have to. For a 74" x 84" quilt I need more than 2 yds per side. Sure I have long strips but I can usually find other uses for the fabric.....

For my CW quilt, I cut 3-5 yd lengths to wash the fabric and then cut the 9" squares. That quilt used about 40 yards but I couldn't wash that much at one time.