I’ve been blog surfing this morning… catching up on a few of the blogs I follow, and finding a few more.
One of the quilters introduced another blog, which I would like to share with you.
Sew, Mama, Sew! – For the month of February they will be posting a Fat Quarter topic each day – tutorials, information, swaps, and much much more. How cool is that.
I will be following along. I have a small’ish FQ collection, but I do wonder what to do with some of the fabrics… do I call them orphan FQ’s because they don’t go with anything?
This is an older picture… a few FQ’s have come and gone, but basically, that is all I have.
Do you have a FQ collection? What do you do with it?
-Alice
Well…..ummmm…errrr…..I have a a rather large fat quarter collection (emphasis on *collection* which assumes that you acquire these things for the pleasure of acquiring them and looking at them afterwards).
I’m actually planning a quilt with all the blues ones but as for the rest; I mostly use them for applique or to substitute in a quilt when the fabric I bought doesn’t actually work in my quilt.
I will be following the FQ Topic with much interest.
Cheers…Ann
By: a good yarn on 1 February 2009
at 11:23 am
Like Ann, my fat quarter collection is on the large side, but then some fabrics are over 10 years old! (I love them too much to cut them – sad isn’t it?)
A collection the size of yours would be much more manageable. The problem with FQ’s is that I wish it was bigger than a FQ! *sigh*
By: Fer on 1 February 2009
at 7:26 pm
Fat quarters have always been both a problem and a curse as well as very handy. I often wish I’d bought more – but if I just need some lights, darks, or polka dots /squiggles/blacks and whites- then I grab fat quarters. Yes, I too “collect” fat1/4’s particulary batiks just for the different textures – I like variety and no quilt should be restricted to a formula number of fabrics.
By: Timberlane Quilters' Guild on 2 February 2009
at 2:22 pm
Hi Alice,
I too have been following the Sew Mama Sew.
Fat quarters month. It has been fun.
I too love Fat quarters (a little too much). Basically I collect them *Grin*
Hopefully a few smaller projects may help with clearing some of the collection. YEAH.
By: Wagonwife on 9 February 2009
at 4:01 pm