Is it just me or........?
03-11-2011, 10:20 AM
#81
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I love jelly rolls. You might check into the books written just for 2 1/2 inch strips. Connecting Threads has two of my favorites! "Scrap Basket Surprises" and "Scrap Basket Sensations" Right now they are 30% off. The great thing about precuts is that you get the whole line of a fabric without having to buy the yardage. I love them but they are addictive....
03-11-2011, 10:27 AM
#82
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I might buy some fat quarters of fabrics I can't find in the store...but I don't buy any that are prebundled-whatever you call them!!! Lately, I have been buying 1/4 yard of fabric cut at the store, and I feel I save money...but yardage-rarely...I don't need such big pieces of fabric to do crazy quilts!
That's why there are Sane quilters and Crazies!
BJ
That's why there are Sane quilters and Crazies!
BJ
03-11-2011, 10:30 AM
#83
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Location: North Carolina - But otherwise, NOTW
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Originally Posted by SueDor
Same here. I feel as if I am paying for someone else to cut the material. Plus I want to see the material before I buy it
03-11-2011, 10:38 AM
#84
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Never bought any. They always facinate me when I see them
in my LQS. But, I most always make large (queen or king) quilts, and I need more yardage, unless it's a scrap quilt
and I have plenty of those in my stash and like picking and
matching from there what I want to use.
in my LQS. But, I most always make large (queen or king) quilts, and I need more yardage, unless it's a scrap quilt
and I have plenty of those in my stash and like picking and
matching from there what I want to use.
03-11-2011, 11:13 AM
#85
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
I'm just too cheap. I think I figured out the per yard price once and it was crazy. Like 3X the price of yardage! I couldn't justify it in my mind. Besides I adore the process I have with fabric. Bring it home. Admire it. Pre wash it then fall in love with it all over again while ironing it, muttering to my self how much I love this fabric then seeing what I have already in my stash to go with it to see if I want to set it aside for a project or just put it into stash. So no, you are not the only one. The closest I come to buying precuts is FQ bundles and only when on a closeout sale price.
03-11-2011, 11:16 AM
#86
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Location: Minnesota
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I have used charms to make a quick quilt and bought fabric to go with for borders. Charms packs give a good variety of the fabric line and I can't afford to buy all fabrics and most quilt shops don't have all so then a person has to order on line. I also have used jelly rolls and I didn't mind them put prefer charms if buying pre cuts.
03-11-2011, 11:23 AM
#87
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Location: Montana
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I like buying the pre-cuts just to have a 'sample' of all the fabrics in the line. Then I can pick out the ones I want to go with my current project. It's too bad that not every manufacturer sells these. Just my two cents worth.
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