tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post3332211757022537990..comments2024-03-27T06:09:04.368-04:00Comments on Blogging, Near Philadelphia: Choosing FabricNancy Near Philadelphiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08803134620826322075noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-55019298573213848142010-10-22T21:21:18.825-04:002010-10-22T21:21:18.825-04:00I really am getting tired of agreeing with you. B...I really am getting tired of agreeing with you. But here I am again. I tell all the quilt shop owners I do business with that I will not look at a "line" of fabric or buy precuts because part of the fun is putting fabrics together. I usually run across a focus fabric and then shop my stash and then "reluctlanty" shop fabric stores, all to find the right combination. I would hate to put all the fun in the hands of anyone else.Gari in ALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695711731891676422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-73571999476941056132010-10-22T08:37:51.255-04:002010-10-22T08:37:51.255-04:00I completely agree...it's sort of like what ma...I completely agree...it's sort of like what makes our country a great place to live. I'd much rather have a quilt made of a melting pot of fabrics than one made of fabrics from the same bloodline...Anyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130352307824344517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-27255218391858032772010-10-22T08:01:44.388-04:002010-10-22T08:01:44.388-04:00I wish I had the courage to break out of the "...I wish I had the courage to break out of the "collection" habit. I have no skill in putting fabrics together although I've been quilting for over 30 years. Even using prepackaged "sets" I often go wrong, not having mastered the light, medium, dark concepts. I continue to work on it and learn from all the blogs I read, this being the one which starts my day. Thanks for writing.<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-82510443021287633762010-10-21T21:51:42.138-04:002010-10-21T21:51:42.138-04:00Nancy, I couldn't agree more!!Nancy, I couldn't agree more!!Victoria M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04891750708011056638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-69345195763994453792010-10-21T21:19:54.185-04:002010-10-21T21:19:54.185-04:00We have a wonderful quilt shop not too far from me...We have a wonderful quilt shop not too far from me...she sells 20 ft packs for a ridiculously low price ($28) and they are mixed from all different lines and designers...<br /><br />She does a wonderful job...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263122218181506913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-47174441876565279402010-10-21T19:58:50.943-04:002010-10-21T19:58:50.943-04:00You should all move West!! The stores I shop in l...You should all move West!! The stores I shop in locally and the two I just visited in Florence, Ore. all have their fabric by color. One store is in a converted house and each room holds a theme - i.e., batik, Asian, children, holiday, general. Of course, unlike cuz Nancy I purchased in all the Ore. stores. I could have bought so much more but fabric finances are limited at the present time. There is always next year???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-2730557339318524712010-10-21T19:52:39.600-04:002010-10-21T19:52:39.600-04:00Ohmygosh....sanity prevails after all! I'm gu...Ohmygosh....sanity prevails after all! I'm guilty of buying fabric from collections, but lately, I'm like you.....those quilts don't sing to me. In fact, on some of the blogs, the quilts have become a blur...they all look very similar! Your examples were perfect - I love the Twelve Oaks!BJ in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06820690425887756660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-49836547995679511772010-10-21T18:30:29.829-04:002010-10-21T18:30:29.829-04:00I totally agree, Nancy! Of course, having said th...I totally agree, Nancy! Of course, having said that, I am just now finishing up a Whackie Girl top made from the only matched set of FQs I've ever bought! (whoo-hoo Giants! LOL)floribundahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580721857582350448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-68975062616385052782010-10-21T18:07:18.803-04:002010-10-21T18:07:18.803-04:00I know, I know... sometimes I feel like a lonely i...I know, I know... sometimes I feel like a lonely individual adrift in a sea of matchy-matchy. I love diversity and recall a lecture that I attended by Pepper Cory where she looked at historical quilts and their makers and asked the question: "do you want to be remembered, 100 years from now as the person who only used Kaffe Fasset, or Thimbleberries (or whatever) the appraiser will wonder what was standing in your way and what limited you from mixing fabrics, colors and textures back in 2010! This, I write, as I finish a baby quilt done from a pre-printed panel and matching jelly-roll. Groan. ;)Mrs. Goodneedlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07453388163219666450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-44196268849899681662010-10-21T17:05:11.852-04:002010-10-21T17:05:11.852-04:00TOTALLY AGREE.
And even if you are stitching from...TOTALLY AGREE.<br /><br />And even if you are stitching from your stash (v. purchasing new), you can still break apart any bundles or groups you may already have and shop within your own bounty for your projects . . . the prepackaged items look so pretty that it can be hard to untie, unwrap, open but the freedom that offers is worth the moments of anxiety!Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-88975920130737837332010-10-21T16:25:35.514-04:002010-10-21T16:25:35.514-04:00I think I used all fabric from a single line in ju...I think I used all fabric from a single line in just one quilt: from the Quilt for a Cure ovarian cancer collection. Made a variation on their published pattern [couldn't even copy that exactly...] but used my own white, even if there was one in the line. Otherwise, I love wandering around and picking out different fabrics to go together. So I really, <b>REALLY</b> wish the stores would go back to putting colors together -- not manufacturers, and certainly not lines! Like anybody is going to pay attention to me! <br /><br />WV: dedit -- v. in proofreading, an act where you put back something you'd taken out in an earlier versionhowdidIgetherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03056673632591015789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27429478.post-44881625419162008262010-10-21T16:08:56.280-04:002010-10-21T16:08:56.280-04:00amen sister!amen sister!Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029115839076216849noreply@blogger.com