Comments on: Roundup: Pre-Cuts

By: Sandi

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:23:43 +0000

I’ve purchased charm packs, layer cakes, jelly rolls and even honey buns (1 1/2″ wide strips). I just gave away several. The only one I ever used was the honey bun, and the rest languish in the bottom of my tower o’ bins. I buy yardage (I have a LOT), and I like to put fabrics together myself rather than work within a line. Also, I usually like featuring the piecing more than the fabrics so many of the larger scale prints just don’t work for me. Believe me, I’ve tried – I have yards and yards of gorgeous fabrics that I just can’t work with. They’re pretty, though!

By: Hilary Frye

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:50:40 +0000

Pre-cuts are great if you’re out buying a gift for a fellow fabric lover, have limited stash space, have a favorite designer/brand you collect, and have limited shopping time. I usually buy yardage. And like to mix lines. Pre-cuts are special little treasures, all packaged and pretty. Fun to get, fun to give!

By: Sara

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:57:26 +0000

I LOVE fat quarter bundles but I always wind up with more than a couple of leftovers that I really don’t like and don’t go with anything else in my entire Stash (and yes I have a Stash with a capital S!). Since the recession hit, and it has hit me solidly, I have turned to half-yard cuts because they’re about the price of one fat quarter, and I get to enjoy my leftovers!

By: Shannon

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:45:14 +0000

I have an unhealthy obsession with fat quarters! I should probably seek help but that’s just not going to happen. In fact, I’m going to go buy some more right now!

By: Angela Fitch

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:16:49 +0000

I love all the answers, but Weeks Ringle’s is my favorite answer! Yes, I hope our after life is just what she describes! THAT would be heavenly. Nicely done as usual Ms. Meagan! You are always full of fun! Thanks!

By: Teri

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:02:29 +0000

I like pre-cuts for gifts for other quilters. While I like the thought of them and the possibility of getting an entire fabric line in one, inexpensive purchase I much prefer to mix, match and play with my stash.
Oh, and I like to play with thread, most of my personal quilts have been whole cloth lately.

Teri

By: quiltzyx/sue

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:01:58 +0000

Well, the only precuts I think I’ve ever bought was a couple of charm packs & a jelly roll, just for a specific project. But, since I’m currently enamored of the Jelly Roll Race quilt, today I’d go for some jelly rolls!

By: Marcy

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:25:10 +0000

I tend to buy yardage (on sale), but every so often I am smitten with a fq bundle that screams “buy me”. What’s a quilter to do?

By: Melissa

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:09:56 +0000

I like to buy fat quarters ala carte because they are an affordable stash supplement when I need more of a certain color. If we’re talking “packs” of an entire collection, I agree with Kate Spain that Layer Cakes are the way to go and the most versatile. I could never afford a FQ pack of an entire collection, and it would just be way too much fabric from one collection–I would never be able to use it all. Of course, I prefer scrappy bits and pieces quilts, so I like more variety of smaller pieces for my stash.

By: Four dogs and one quilter

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:57:07 +0000

If I really like a line of fabric, I will buy a FQ bundle so I can have them all. Sometimes I will buy a charm pack to see all the fabrics in a line. Otherwise I just buy a yard or two of fabric that catches my eye.