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karmacookie

loopychriss wrote: »

It's a piece of fabric which is 18" x 22" (most places seem to sell it in inches). If you cut a yard of fabric into quarters, it would be 9" x 44" (the most common width of fabric). As 9" isn't very much to work with when making patchwork, it is cut into what is called fat quarters, which means that it is double the lenth (18") but only half the width (22").

Thanks for putting me right about this, I honestly thought it was 50cm x 50cm. I've ordered 2 fat 1/4 for a messenger bag, the pattern says 1/2 metre. Mmm looks like i've made a bit of a boob! No doubt I'll find something to do with it!

Kandipandi

Positivelymummy - Congratulations on finishing your quilt it is beautiful!!
The fabrics for the squares are lovely - well done you!! (it would have taken me a year!)

Crafty_JuJu

Positivelymummy - fantastic quilt :T

danables

positivelymummy wrote: »

ok, here it is..i finished my daughters quilt today, and i've already asked my dad to get me a walking foot for my sewing machine for my birthday!LOL, putting the binding on was a bit tricky..the sqaures i hand quilted and i finished off the binding (edge) by hand on the back side of it..i have enough fabric left for another one too!!

btw the fabric is by Patty Young and called Andalucia

thats beautiful! Is there a pattern to follow you could point me in the direction of? Id love to try something like this (after Iv had a bit more practice lol)

gemsmember

I have bought from several different people, but one that I do use quite often is charlieakapookie(USA - so ebay.com).

She sells something she calls pounds, which are basically fabric samples that were on cardboard headers. She weighs them and sells a pound or pound and half for about £4. When you get it, it will weigh a little less because she will have removed the cardboard before posting, but you can get about 4 pounds in a parcel for £8 postage. You do get quite a lot of fabric, most pieces will be 11" x 9" or larger and I usually get about 15 plus pieces at least, for each pound, as they were fabric samples they will blend together nicely. She also sells fabric by the yard which is under £4, and will fit in at least 8 yards for your postage, so you can see it can work out much cheaper. I haven't had any problems buying from the US and would recommend it.

Crafty_JuJu

Thanks gemsmember - I'm on my way now to look

gemsmember

karmacookie wrote: »

Thanks for putting me right about this, I honestly thought it was 50cm x 50cm. I've ordered 2 fat 1/4 for a messenger bag, the pattern says 1/2 metre. Mmm looks like i've made a bit of a boob! No doubt I'll find something to do with it!

The only problem may be the shape of the pieces that you need to cut. You may find that some strips need to be long, maybe the straps, or the piece that goes around the bag, so 1/2 metre would have been 100cm wide x 50cm. It is usually best to look at the pattern pieces before purchasing the fabric, in case you do need one long length rather than 2 half pieces. Hopefully you will have enough, even if you have to join the strap etc. as most patterns will give the requirements larger than you actually need

loopychriss

Thank you everyone for your comments about my Morsbags. I have my own 'pod', which means that every bag I make goes on a national tally. To date, since Morsbags started in 2007, over 60,000 bags have been made and given away, saving 30,293,500 plastic bags being used in the world! Makes a difference, one bag at a time.

PepPop

Crafty_JuJu wrote: »

Woohoo I've managed to create a blog...sorry I'm new all this
Do I have to be a member for so long before I can post a picture or link on here?

gemsmember, hope you don't mind me asking which seller do you use from Ebay

I have read on other threads that if someone asks you for the link to your blog you can post it. Don't quite know how it works but...

Crafty JuJu can I have a link to your blog please?

positivelymummy your quilt is beautiful and looks so well made.

Crafty_JuJu

PepPop wrote: »

I have read on other threads that if someone asks you for the link to your blog you can post it. Don't quite know how it works but...

Crafty JuJu can I have a link to your blog please?

positivelymummy your quilt is beautiful and looks so well made.

Of cause you can ...but it won't let me put it on as I'm a new user! Doh...
If you click on my name it should have something like 'visit Craft JuJu homepage' hopefully that should work