If you had the choice, what would you choose (fabric question)

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05-21-2014, 03:38 AM

#11

winia

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My personal choice would be to go for the yardage. You have more choices on what to do with it than with fat quarters.

05-21-2014, 03:48 AM

#12

mic-pa

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My sister gave me a large fat qtr pack for a gift and I used it all in the same quilt and made it scrappy. Really love the way it turned out. Only had to buy border fab. to tie it all together.

05-21-2014, 04:02 AM

#13

yonnikka

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If you pick the 8 yards, you can choose 2 yards of the same fabric as one of the 8. Then you have 7 different one-yard pieces, plus 3 yards of a single design, which would work for the backing/background.

05-21-2014, 04:05 AM

#14

Zinda

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Larger yardage. Sorry, I'm not a fan of fat quarters. Seems I like I never have enough to complete a project with them. Just a personal preference.

05-21-2014, 04:09 AM

#15

KwiltyKahy

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I would prefer the yardage, too. I'm not a fan of fat quarters either.

05-21-2014, 04:14 AM

#16

toverly

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My first inclination was, go for the fq's. Then the more I thought about it, I thought 8 is enough, so go for the yardage. So, I would go for the yardage also. Especially if I loved the line.

05-21-2014, 04:30 AM

#17

IrishgalfromNJ

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Yardage, definitely the yardage.

05-21-2014, 04:45 AM

#18

ManiacQuilter2

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Sometimes I find that I use up Fat quarters too quickly. Are there any 1/2 cuts??? At least with the Fat quarters, you have more selection of a variety of prints. HAVE FUN !!

05-21-2014, 04:51 AM

#19

nygal

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I would go with the 8 one yard pieces.

05-21-2014, 06:04 AM

#20

Boston1954

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I like both, but I think in this case I would go for the fat quarters. When you look them over, you can see which ones you like the best and get some yardage later on.