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Fat quarter bundles

This is not a rant. I am blessed. 6 years ago, when we first started our business, my sewing room became an office and fabric went.... everywhere.

I found some today.

LOTS of FQ's. It seems I fell in love with 'Medleys' 'Pretty Packs' 'Bundles' -- whatever you call 'em, I got em.

Hence a dilemma. What do you do with groups of (less than 12) fat quarters.

I've been dying to try out the Yellow Brick Road pattern... but it calls for TWELVE FQ's for a lap quilt. The Wicked Easy quilts use the same amount. I suspect I could go a bit smaller.. maybe cut blocks in half or something, and use less, but I was looking for a 'formula' of some sort.

I have bundles ranging from 6 to 9. These are not 'baby' fabrics -- and they are old.. at least 6 years, probably more, so 'coordinates' are not gonna happen. I am not averse to buying a book or a pattern -- what do you ladies do with your FQ bundles?

Lisa in NJ

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Make scrappy quilts! Cut them up and don't worry about matching them. I am especially fond of Sally Schneider's books on this topic. The ones I've been using recently are Scrap Frenzy and Scrapmania. Plenty of other authors have books as well. You could even pick a favorite pattern, say Ohio Star, and challenge yourself to make as many different designs as possible based on where you put the darks, lights and mediums.

Have fun! Mary

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Mary in Rock Island IL

Oh... I like the challenge idea! THAT would be creative AND fun!

Thanks for the advice....

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L

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Bonnie Hunter has tons of free scrap quilts and ideas. I love this sight

Marilyn in sun is shining (but we have had showers again today) Alberta, Canada

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Marigold

Check out M'liss Rae Hawley's first Fat Quarter book. It is all designed for 6 fats plus perhaps, a background, border fabric, etc. And for coordinates.... often you can find Moda Marbles or Fusions (from R Kaufman) or one of the other tone-on-tone or blender lines that will work great to "fill out" the needed number. The blenders also help set off the prints a bit better, provide eye resting spots.

Pati, > This is not a rant. I am blessed. 6 years ago, when we first started our

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Pati C.

Lisa, check out Bonnie Hunter's wonderful scrap quilt patterns at Quiltville.com

The books "Laps from Fats" and "More Laps from Fats" are FQ pattern books.

Nann

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Nann

Especially if you have coordinating FQs, I like to cut them up and use them as "frames" for either novelties or fussy-cut centres. For example, if you have a blue bundle, it would be good to frame a bunch of fish prints. You could use a green bundle to frame animals. It is a way to bring together charms or fussy cut fabrics that don't necessarily go together. I think this is explored in Clever Quilts as well, where the author shows how to make the most of panels and novelty fabrics. I also like to turn random pieces of fabric and scraps into 3x6 finished Flying Geese and 3 1/2 finished Half Square Triangles. These are two ongoing projects, and I think I have enough of each to do a quilt now....

-- Jo in Scotland

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Johanna Gibson

What great ideas Jo, framing could be plain or attic windows style and/or done in an "I spy" style.

Dee in Oz

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Dee in Oz

Howdy!

Mix 'em in w/ everything else; sometimes one of the pieces will coordinate w/ a new project at just the right time. Most fabric goes w/ most other fabric; it's the nature of the beauties. ;->

Some of your fabrics are "old... at least 6 yrs" -- *snort* I have fabric that I bought new 30+ yrs ago; it's in good shape. Then there's the older, classic pieces I've acquired more recently, things from the 1920s, 1930s-'40s, etc. I might consider some of that as "old".

Things is, many of these lovelies come back, in the next generation of the trend they set the first time (Aunt Grace's, florals, batiks, Mumm's, shirt prints, Beyers, William Morris). Surely, surely you can find something(s) to add to your 9 fq to meet the minimum 12 you need for your pattern. In my stash, fabrics "go together" if I say they do. ;-)

Good luck!

R/Sandy- never was fond of the YBRd or Turning 20 patterns...

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Sandy Ellison

Heh. I will try that.

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L

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