A few weeks ago, a friend on Facebook posted this handy chart she found by Benartex and I thought, how nifty is that!
So I promptly saved it in for future reference. Go ahead and print it out..... I'll wait!
As a FQ fan, I tend to collect them, (lots of them!) and when I want to make a pattern or come up with one myself, I have to stop and do the math..... Not Any More. With that chart, I can quickly determine what I can get out of what I have on hand. It is amazing what you can cut out of a yard or two of fabric.
Which brings me to this:
"Sophie" by Chez Moi at Moda
Here is a bundle that's hard to resist....... 6 fat quarters and 1 1/2 yard length of the beautiful bouquets... The colors are clean and perfect for a simple quilt for just about anyone. It would a great sleep-over quilt for a young girl or with enough blue, it can even be a sweet baby boy's crib quilt.
Well, what can you make with 3 yards of fabric? Slice up the FQs into half square triangles, make them spin in pinwheels and throw the outer border on for a fast lap-quilt.
Need it bigger? Add a splash of Moda Marble blue as sashing and inner border.
Need it even bigger? Add your own neutral or dark chocolate as a background color for the pinwheels and double the size of the finished quilt.
What can make it even better? How about 30% off as a FlashStashSale?
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2 comments:
Thanks for the chart. I will use it because I love FQs too. They are like potato chips. You can't eat just one. You need the whole bag! If a colorway is available in FQs at my local store, I'll buy it. No questions asked.
I know! Isn't that chart great!!!! It's like another 'duh!' moment..... how many times have I calculated this very thing but never written it down for future reference?
Someone at the shop said any quilter with a stash has the ingredient to make a super quilt because they tend to collect complementary fabrics. I think that is true.... I have towers of FQs that have nothing to do with each other but could live happily together in a quilt.
Thanks for reading! (love your 'handle'.....)
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