Choosing fabrics for quilts! Have you made these mistakes??

[@coreygilles847]

I was gifted several truly hideous fabrics (in my opinion), and they sat in my stash for several years. The people who gave me the fabric kept asking what I was making with it. After several years of avoiding said fabric i suddenly had a brilliant idea...I could put all of the fabric i hated together in the same quilt! It would free up valuable storage space in my stash, the people who gifted it to me would feel happy i used the fabrics, and I would have the perfect picnic quilt! (I wanted to make a picnic quilt but the idea of putting a beautiful quilt on the ground to get muddy or stained with food made me not want to make one. This was the perfect solution because I didn't care if those awful fabrics got stained or anything. It is a wonderful picnic quilt. It is monstrous with the clashing of so many ugly fabrics but somehow it is so ugly it feels less objectionable. I use it several times a year with my nieces and nephews. ❤since then i have used ugly fabrics i am gifted to make cat mats and doggy blankets. i highly recommend putting all of your hideous fabric together to create something you don't mind using in ways you wouldn't want a gorgeous quilt used.

[@PinCutSew]

What a great solution. “So ugly, it’s less objectionable”, LOL

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

When I have ugly fabric I put it all in one dye bath, which overdyes the background into a cohesive color, like light blue or pink. Then it looks like it goes together.

[@ritamclaughlin9681]

@@PiNkSpRinkLe1 what a great idea!

[@Vio-ot4ft]

Yes! Ugly fabric or fabric that I look at and wonder "why did I ever buy that?" is perfect for gifts, and items that will see hard use, as I am not attached to it - and you never know, it may be to someone else's taste. I've also used it as runner/wall-hanging backing (parts you won't often see). Or maybe use it in a jelly-roll style rug or a toothbrush rug?

[@patriciaschultz3005]

Oh my, I’m sitting here laughing my head off. What a great story. For me, I see ugly, hideous fabric or yarn (I crochet too) as a challenge to see if I can somehow find a way to improve its look or maybe simply disguise it well. But you have a fantastic idea here. Thanks for sharing.

[@lindafitzsimmons2526]

168 views in 22 minutes…you are definitely liked! I say this over and over you have so many followers because you are undeniably sweet, kind & impossible to be controversial, as you welcome everyone’s opinions. Then again…if anyone was unkind in their comments to you, we would put on our capes and come to your rescue! 😊❤

[@PinCutSew]

Ha, thank you! I’m thankful to receive very, very few unkind comments 🫶🏻

[@yarnandwheels]

Love this. Don't go shopping just to go shopping and shop your stash first. Excellent, level headed advice!

[@KathyM-c6i]

How is it that you pack in SO much practical, valuable information in such a short time, yet I don't feel overwhelmed by it? I'll tell you how -- you're a great teacher! I don't know why you don't yet have a million followers. People are missing out! Thank you, Nikki.

[@PinCutSew]

Aw thank you 🤗

[@nancymaddux2188]

I totally agree….I also loved the ‘Focus, Nikki!’ Part,

[@lauriepayseur5897]

100% helpful! Thank you for even just saying - if you don’t like it, don’t use it. Short story time. At hobby lobby last wkd, shopping for a quilt for g-daughter with a 27yo momma with strong opinions. The helpful lady said let me show you what I have sold the most of lately to that age range… she showed me then lowkey judged me for saying “it wouldn’t make me happy to sew with that”… she turned and mumbled “ohhh, there’s limits to what you’re willing to sew with…”. I said “yes I only sew with things that bring me joy.” I infuse my projects with joy and give them with LOVE. No matter unprofessional they look, they seem to give the joy I sewed with ❤

[@PinCutSew]

I totally agree and I think this is why I teach instead of sew for others for income - I cannot enjoy sewing with fabrics I don’t like 😂

[@delwyngraham4033]

Great information and everyone’s comments very helpful😊👏

[@MarciaALW]

“Choose one or two colors to leave out“ is great advice.

[@janburkin357]

I've been thinking I needed some directions on how to select fabric for a quilt, and here you come to rescue. ❤ I have been hand sewing since I was 6 and machine sewing since I was 12, I'll be 61 in about 3 weeks. I've never tried to make a quilt but a dear friend moved in with her mother to care for her in her final days. Melding the 2 households together she needed to find homes for a few things, they had 14 crock pots 😂 and her mother was a quilter. She gifted me several Rubbermaid totes of fabric and several banker boxes of her scrap pieces. I've been going through all of it and not sure what went together. I'm going to save your video and look at my fabric again. My friends mom was given only 6 months but with the care my friend gave her mother she was able to have almost 4 more years with her. Her mother taught her therapist how to quilt and she made 110 baby blankets for the local children's hospital. ❤️

[@barbolson8768]

Sounds like her mother was a giving person. Hope you have yourself a great Birthday !

[@carlaatkins2619]

@janburkin357 What an inspiring story. Thank you for sharing. You touched my ❤️.

[@lisasobel7364]

I feel like my scrappy quilt tells stories... I will recall how I used these fabrics for this person and made placemats and napkins with these fabrics for this other person, etc. I definitely used a few fabrics that weren't my favorite, but it's okay and I've learned for next time!

[@bbymks5]

Just as having a stash is normalized, we also need to normalize buying fabrics on a per project basis. Buying per project will absolutely help those afraid of making "the wrong choices" build the confidence to mix and match fabrics. If the color combo happens in nature it goes together...Mother Nature knows what she's doing.

[@PinCutSew]

Good point!

[@NanaKathy47]

Loved this video. Your suggestions were spot on. If you like a set of fabrics, go with them. Trust yourself. It's your quilt, make it your way. ----My major problem is beyond colors. I can put a set of colors together...the problem for me is finding a pattern to put those colors together. If you have that solution for that problem, I'd love to hear it. (My personal nemesis is HSTs. I can't make one right to save my life, even with fancy, expensive rulers, so I just have to find patterns without triangles. LOL)

[@susanvoth5831]

Your videos always make me smile. I shared this one with my quilt group because we all struggle with color choices (some more than others). Your advice is sound and ultimately helps quilters to save money and the planet.🌎 thanks for sharing your quilting world view.

[@PinCutSew]

Aw thank you for sharing 🫶🏻

[@JudyMurtagh-h1x]

I totally agree about the 'scraps' and some tutors bringing out their fat 1/4's, they aren't scraps they're fat 1/4's.

[@sandramazer3387]

Love your way of choosing fabric. I just finished a scrappy quilt and used whatever scrap suited my fancy at the moment. Thought it would turn out terrible. I really love it. It's for a child and is very similar to an I Spy quilt. I used 1/2 square triangles cut from patches of strips sewn together with a muslin background. My last dinosaur quilt for my great grandson was dinosaurs simply appliqued to a green large vine print. Looks like the dinosaurs are in the jungle. My advice to all is to just let your creative juices flow. Be yourself because you all are beautiful in your own way.

[@robertaa.8600]

Your suggestions are excellent. I agree that following your personal choices will always bring the joy we are looking for 😊

[@MultiColoredThreads]

Thank you for this video. I just recently fell down the quilt rabbit hole. I do struggle with putting fabrics together. I am currently trying to use up scraps. Your tips are really helpful.

[@CoraWilfinger-ix6hx]

I am so glad to have found your channel! I am binge watching your videos :). You are an excellent communicator, and very good teacher. I love your style and ideas. I needed a little resbite from quilting, just a little one lol, so you inspired me to make mason jar cozies for my sour dough starter, and bowl covers. I needed that Kitchenaid cover for sure! Now I'm making some for my daughter. So much fun. Yes, the stash should be used before buying more fabric. Your idea to just pick one fabric you like, and then look for others from your stash that work with that is great advice. Sometimes I think quilters try too hard to make quilts that look just like the one you see in the pictures, but you have none of that same fabric, and not enough color matching confidence to create that quilt from what you have. Anyway my 2 favorite quilts I ever made were made with scraps. A quilt from old jeans and flannel that was a gift for my adult son, who said "this is a wicked awesome quilt mom" . The other one was with all bits of scraps of mostly dark rich colors to look like the night sky, and bright colors that made all the star patterns. I think its because I really didn't need to follow any rules, that I had so much fun making them!

[@lm53ful]

Mom, here :-) I found this very helpful! Explains many of the choices I've made in the past and why I've always tended to avoid traditional fabrics and quilts (though many are very beautiful!)

[@karenherndon1811]

This is one of the most informative tutorials I have seen! Thank you, Nikki!

[@allanolson2147]

Thanks, I needed this talk about fabric! Sounds weird, but it helped. Trust yourself with what YOU like.

[@Noreenlee1]

I have purchased some precuts but only when they are on sale for half off. Then, I have to convince myself that not using all 42 pieces in the same quilt is all right -- that the world will not end if I pick and chose just a few, add a fabric to calm the colors down, or use the jelly roll pieces as binding or borders on a totally different quilt. (When I first started quilting, I didn't have the confidence to think for myself, but I've relaxed enough to realize I have pretty decent instincts and that life will go on if I end up without enough strips and have to cut one from a similar fabric.)

[@ecoquilting7077]

Nice new bright lights!

[@kdautry100]

Yes! Explaining NOT to be too literal! I may have to play that clip of the video over and over again to apply it to sewing, fabric, decorating, and sooooo many other categories! 😇 I’m a free spirit too and I have a hard time finding the right words to get my point across, that I DON’T want cookie cutter styles or fabrics, or clothing Thank youuuu! 🙂

[@e.goodman51]

You are such a blessing! So thankful to have uplifting and encouraging pin cut sew videos to keep me into quilting.

[@carolynturnerclark9287]

Great definition, match vs go with.

[@cjanderson768]

I love the pass it on idea if you hate or are done with the fabric. I have a group of 3 of us, and we pass and share our fabrics. I love that for instance I had this absolutely adorable glow in the dark ghosts boxing fabric that I made two Halloween quilts out of and it was passed on so it can be enjoyed with two other quilters so it will be in multiple houses. It also saves us money with all three of us sharing.

[@vangiebrake2295]

What a GREAT VIDEO. You are so grounded! I totally agree with everything you shared. I took a course yesterday at my Guild on Improv quilting. I learned that it's not for me. Is it current -yes, is it popular -yes is it fun- sometimes to a small degree. Just not for me right now. I struggle with color and have fallen into the trap of buying precuts JUST IN CASE as they are matchy- matchy and I want to make something and then when I do make something I go purchase what I need JUST IN TIME TO make it.Lots of good advice in this video. ❤❤❤

[@Lynnecall1]

Love going to my local House clearance warehouse and look through sheets, duvets, pillow cases and purchasing them to sew with. Love being able to get flannelette or brushed cotton sheets to back quilts with as well. Cheaper than buying from shops and they are also bringing recycling into my crafting. Love watching your videos as well.

[@pamelawray5290]

Hey Nikki 😀 Thank you for your sound advise. I completely agree with you about choosing what you like, and (as I have learned too) DO NOT put any fabric, print or solid, even if it "goes", into your quilt if YOU don't like it. I did that once because a friend gave me some scraps, and I felt obligated to use it...BAD IDEA!!! It did, and still does, bother me! I'm annoyed every time I see it. I'm going to donate it, and I've already eliminated the remainder of that particular fabric from my stash. I'm not making that mistake again! 😛

[@claudiawarren6053]

That was a lot of good stuff! Thank you. I think I may try your way of fabric shopping. I did some retail therapy the other day and came home with a mod podge of fabrics! Mostly single fat quarters of prints and colors I like, but really not many of them "go" together. Oh well, they will still get used. I am building up a new stash of fabrics since all of my stash (and I mean ALL of it) is in storage and heaven only knows when I will get to have it with me! Keep your fingers crossed that it isn't long, because I'm going bonkers here! (LOL!)

[@Sewmena918]

This is great advice. I am new to quilting. I’m working on my second quilt. The first was a kit from Fat Quarter Shop that went with a video series to teach quilting. The second was made from pre-cuts. At this point I’m working on trying to be more accurate in cutting and sewing, so the precuts are great. Ultimately I want to work on being more creative and figuring out what I like to make and the colors I want to use. I don’t think of myself as being very creative or good with color.

[@barbolson8768]

Hi Nikki, you have a keen eye for grouping fabrics. The main print should become the "focus" of your quilt or the star of the show. It's fun to audition fabrics to get the look that you want. Find a combination that is pleasing to you and run with it. Another great video, thank you.

[@amymabbott8738]

You inspire so much confidence! Thank you!

[@vareekinyanjui6119]

I just had this happen. I picked out fabric for a baby quilt. Made the quilt top and was so disappointed. The olives just sort of disappeared. So I go into my stash and found some fabric I bought many years go. Decided to use it and wow!!! It turned out much better. Who would think to shop in your own stash?😂

[@elizabethamis9376]

So enjoyed this video - I think you say some very wise things! ❤👍from Somerset UK

[@jennamckenzie647]

Hallelujah girl! You sound exactly like me with fabric choices and about clothes.

[@shirleymesoros9667]

This video is great, very down to earth and useful tips. Thank you!

[@TheRozylass]

The best book which helped me get better at putting fabric together is Alex Andersens's Shopping for Fabric. I still refer to it when I have a question about why something isn't working. Your ideas are pretty much in line with hers. I love playing with colors and advise others that the more you do it the better you get. It's a skill like any other. I "collect" fabrics, mostly from thrift stores, mystery grab bags, castoffs from others, men's shirts, and leftovers from my garment sewing. I find precuts too limited in their palette, and scale of prints so I always add and subtract when using them. By themselves they are harmonious, but to my eye rather boring. I learned from Alex's book how to make things more interesting! Keep up the good work.

[@BarbBateman]

I have never quilted but I am really thinking about starting and your ideas and tips help me tremendously. Thank You!! Love this video

[@DonnaBush-ul3gg]

When my 3 younger sisters and I were growing up (I’m 66), my grandmother made most of our clothes. For Christmas one year, she gave each of us a lined robe, made with scraps from all the clothes she’d made each of us. My sisters actually held on to their robes and gave them to their daughters, but I had all boys! 😂 I have no clue what happened to my robe.

[@onniedavis5453]

You are 100% correct. If you love it that's what matters!

[@sandramurdoch-le9vj]

Great advice I do struggle with fabric choices. Your fish quilt is looks AMAZING 🤗 I am thoroughly enjoying making mine🐟🧵👏🏼

[@froesfamily335]

I live overseas and in an area where I don’t often find certain colors so one Christmas my mom went to a shop and was picking up random fat quarters she thought I’d love. My sister in law rushed over and literally took my mom’s choices out of her hand and then picked out matchy matchy stuff the strictest quilt police would approve of. I didn’t really want colors that would make one quilt. I wanted a variety of fabrics that would go into a number of different quilts. Oh, well… I’ve often used your method of choosing the fabrics although sometimes I experiment for fun. Thanks for sharing your ideas

[@deborahlunsford6983]

I do often use precuts but I will always mix with other fabrics. These fabrics are so pricey too. The few tome that I have used only precut in a quilt I find the quilt boring. Great advice.

[@JeanMcDoniel]

Thank you so very much Nikki! I don't care for the Quilting Police to throw thier "Bible "down our throat! I love your tutorials and have learned lots from you 💗 keep up the great work 👍

[@auntdello5286]

Thanks for the helpful ideas.

[@ramonawessels4209]

I really love all of your advice & how out of the box you are❤❤

[@pennywylie8333]

Thank you so much. Still getting comfortable with choosing materials. I sometimes love all the wild colors and feel oh that is too much. But you know it is so much fun sewing so I think I will keep at it i just leave out red and orange don’t like them. Also trying to build up a stash want to make the house quilt. Thanks Nikki

[@cjane51]

I agree with everything you said. Especially your comment about ugly fabric. I give it away and never regret it. Thanks Nicki-Claudia

[@SnapDragon764]

Such good common sense advice🎉

[@wendyjo139]

I love your energy and observations! Thanks

[@teresacesario6247]

VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@paulaphillips9745]

Great advice, thank you!!!

[@debnadeau1924]

I LOVE your videos!

[@PinCutSew]

I love you 🫶🏻😁

[@alisondodge3809]

These are all really great tips, thank you!

[@LouiseTichenor]

I absolutely love how you think

[@NanBay-l8z]

i luv ur site.u march to ur own drummer...soooo inspiring. thanx

[@Sewwithdebee]

I use fabric given to me by others and try to use a calm background fabric for a controlled scrappy look

[@annfrederick4467]

Thank you for this video, it is so helpful! 🥰

[@amandadodd6940]

I love your “scrappy” quilt! I was trying to see the design. Did you say they are 2 in X 3 1/2 in strips? Sewed alternating using 4 strips/block? I’d love to see it in a pic or even better see a pattern for it!

[@PinCutSew]

Here’s a blog series I wrote about that quilt with the measurements and blocks! www.pincutsewstudio.com/blog/2020/3/28/quarantine-quilt-a-long-part-1

[@leanichols6824]

I think like you Nikki when it comes to not using fabric I think is ugly. I just want to sew with pretty fabrics or I don't enjoy the process. I donate this fabric to my local church thrift store. I enjoy choosing my own fabrics. I've purchased some pre-cuts but not many. When I make a scrap quilt I select my colors ahead of time and always select a lot of color. I'm planning on making a two colored (three if you count the low volume fabric) scrap quilt as my next project. I know that I'm going to likely get tired of sewing it at some point because it's only 2 colors so I'll have another quilt with more color in it so I can swap back and forth.

[@lynanmeredith6268]

Very good advice!!

[@jmurphy7192]

Loved the quilt on the ending of the video. Do you have a video on making this quilt?

[@PinCutSew]

There is a pattern out there by someone else for a quilt like that called Birds of a Feather 👍🏻

[@sj4177]

I love the scrappy quilt you got out of closet! I am going t o attempt to make it! Thanks for the inspiration!!! You are so kind to share ❤ It sounded like you said 2 x 3 inch pieces... is that right? Im looking at it and it seems like maybe 2 x 4? Maybe it's just camera angle? Or maybe I didn't hear correctly 😂

[@PinCutSew]

Ok I checked and they’re cut at 2.5 x 4.5 👍🏻

[@delwyngraham4033]

Loved this thanks😊

[@tracyheinrich7667]

Hi Nikki, can you do a video on how to put sashing (I believe is the term) between each quilt block? I’ve sewn for years, but I’m just beginning quilting. I love making wonky blocks, but can’t seem to connect them correctly with strips so that they all line up. UGH! Please help! Thank you for all you do!😊

[@PinCutSew]

Yes, I have one! How to add sashing to your quilt the right way! kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6rTZJqfrrqUn6c

[@lkhorvath4]

Original " coming down the pike" but either is acceptable and mean the same thing. Thanks for all the confidence building info

[@Noreenlee1]

Pike: The phrase "coming down the pike" comes from the idea of traveling along a turnpike, a toll road that connected cities and towns before highways. I just lifted that definition off the internet.

[@PinCutSew]

Ohhhh interesting, makes sense

[@peacewithme547]

I have fabric and no patterns. Lol I need patterns for a specific number of solids and prints. Definitely a beginner .. I need one of those ladies for my wonky houses ❤

[@kathsch8966]

Great advice. I run into problems when I pick a pattern that requires numerous pieces all in different colors. I'm talking in excess 5 or 6 not including background or borders. Do you have any advice for when I see a pieced quilt and I want to make it but in a whole different colorway. How do I decide which pieces should be what colors?

[@karenherndon1811]

I learned the hard way…not to put fabrics I don’t like or love in a quilt! And yes, that’s what I see every time I look at the quilt! Fortunately I love the other side, so I can just turn it over!!

[@daxxydog5777]

Ugh, deciding colors is so hard. At least with a theme, it makes it easier. I did a Mandelorian helmet quilt for my grandson, so black and shades of gray were easier, but still sorta hard! I can't just go to the store and pick out fabric for no particular reason. I need structure! 😂

[@donnabowen7318]

what kind of batting did you use for your scrappy quilt? It looks lightweight and flowy?

[@PinCutSew]

That was Warm & Natural batting 👍🏻

[@tinatippin5705]

Great conversation. I have a great grandbaby shower in 6 weeks. We are getting a little girl. From the registry, everything is unisex. Beyond neutral. I mean no color anywhere.... I am strongly thinking about going rogue and giving this little girl some color. The indecion is real and I have little time to stall. Starting with a pallet is very helpful. Thanks.

[@brooklynkelsey703]

You could do a mostly-neutral quilt with a big applique flower for a burst of color!

[@susanmutch6779]

Babies need color for stimulation! Go for it.

[@sherriheare8425]

I trust my color grouping but I have trouble matching prints. It is obvious to vary them (not all large prints, not all tiny prints, etc.) but when I try it, I second guess my choices and I just usually stop completely.

[@angielovett4159]

I totally agree with the ‘ugly’ fabric view! I say: “don’t use it!” Because your eye will go directly to it! And you will not eventually like it. I say give it away to someone who’ll like it and use it.

[@ritamclaughlin9681]

and I had another thought. Does fabric that has been purchased a while back become "stale" in your mind? Is this how fabric/yarn turns ugly? I found that I had a huge stash and didn't want to use most of it. :( stale to me!

[@PinCutSew]

I think so!

[@ritamclaughlin9681]

This is a great topic! Is your hero Kaffe Fasset? I love his quilts! So much color!

[@PinCutSew]

I am a fan! My quilt hero is probably Gwen Marsten!

[@ritamclaughlin9681]

@@PinCutSew sad to say I had to look Gwen up. I am a knitter who sewed then wandered over to quilting. I first saw Kaffe’s knitting then his quilts. Gwen’s quilting reminds me of collage in fabric. Unfortunately I don’t “understand “ it so when I try it just looks a mess. LOL a

[@gillygillyyt55]

I've often thought that even with scrappy quilts, why the heck would your ugly fabric in them 🤷🏼 Thanks 👍🏼🇬🇧

[@leannebarnes893]

You are lucky that quilting is such a big thing over there. In Australia I have only 1 or 2 fabric shops and 1 large store. The fabrics are quite expensive, and the ones on sale are usually that because they’re not very nice(in my opinion😉). Because of this I often have fabrics that I’m not really fond of , but it’s that or I don’t quilt. Not the end of the world though.😊

[@trebledown6713]

I agree American quilters talk very differently about fabric stashing and fabric shopping. I’ve never seen a quilt cotton on sale I’d actually use 😂 . Only a couple of shops have nice tones to choose from.

[@PinCutSew]

This is very interesting, I had no idea!

[@trebledown6713]

@@PinCutSew for example typical 110cm by 50 cm is $17. I’ll attach link to my favourite shop in next comment.

[@katehenry2718]

I don't buy fabric..... unless its from garage sale. They are clothes or leftovers or curtains or sheets or or or.... "Stash" hahahaha is large bins of "single colors" like "mostly" orange etc. The variety makes me very happy. Box of stripes, box of plaid, box of backs. Amazing how MUch fabric is suddenly free when you say you quilt. )))

[@quil10it]

Ohhhhh you’re so smart (or with a Boston accent smahrt) 😊

[@Debisjoy]

To everything you have said….amen sista

[@mydanshi9683]

I loooove scrappy quilts and would buy odd bits of fabric I liked and they would always turn out fine. Then people started giving me fabric. The next quilt started to go wrong straight away. I now see that when I chose the fabrics they all just naturally jived but donated fabric just made the whole thing look like a dog’s dinner. I need to get rid of the weird ones 😂

[@nicola.p]

I often wonder what the old quilters of the past, who used scraps to make quilts as a necessity for winter would make of quilting today, of us buying all this brand new expensive yardage, just to cut it up to sew it back together again 😂 Would they love the variety, colours and creativeness in it, or would they be aghast and see it as a waste of good fabric?

[@PinCutSew]

That’s a great question, I wonder too!

[@Sewmena918]

I’m always wondering what they would think of all the people paying for bottled water and fancy coffee. Probably the same as all the matching fabric. They would think we all lost our minds. 😂

[@SparkyOne549]

The only ugly fabric I don’t use at all is anything yellow lol It literally gives me ptsd from my childhood. I’m sorting scrap fabrics to make a scrappy quilt, no yellow at all.

[@PinCutSew]

Haha too funny!

[@ritamclaughlin9681]

How funny! My color is an aged white that looks like it turned yellow! From having to wear school uniforms.

[@SparkyOne549]

@@ritamclaughlin9681 hahaha!

[@journeyofamidwestquilter]

I am like you; I NEVER go fabric shopping unless I have a specific plan for that fabric. I ONLY buy fabric when I have a specific project for which it will be used. Fabric is too expensive to just sit in a tub or on a shelf and not be used. That seems so wasteful to me! Also, our tastes change over time and the fabrics we loved a couple of years ago may not be fabrics we love today. So, it is best to use them as we buy them, which is how it should be. I have a small, manageable stash, and I add to it every time I make a project, which is just fine by me. 🙂

[@PinCutSew]

Yes you’re so right, we won’t love it as much if it sits for two years!

[@paulaneary7877]

I donate fabric if I have had it for a year and not used it. I got over trying to use every piece of fabric I have, especially if someone gave it to me and I really don't like it. I just donate it.

[@mommahowdoi44]

Ahhhh, I am HORRIBLE at picking fabric for any quilt. As for scrap quilts, they are made from the scraps I have saved over the last 40 years (YIKES, REALLY??? 40 years??) from making clothing for my children. Every scrap has a memory. The quilts don't meet the "rules of color theory," but my kids sure do love them. To me, that is all that matters.

[@Dranma51]

My mom also made our clothes for us when we were little. She would give the scraps to my Grandma who would sit in her chair and cut and put together crazy quilt tops. I was given one of those tops but unfortunately they are coming apart so I’ll have to reinforce them somehow. But I can look at each scrap and remember the dress or shorts or shirt that you my mom made for me. I also have fond memories of my Grandma sitting in her rocking chair putting those tops together! So special!

[@katehenry2718]

Save yourself ))) take out the one icky piece even if it has intense quilting on it. Its easy enough to replace.

[@beckyearl5008]

You are my absolute favorite! I look forward to your videos and enjoy them so much! Thank you!

[@PinCutSew]

Thank you so much! 🤗

[@karenwerts2331]

[@elizabethzierke4733]

Lol. I was given a kit that someone made with tumbler blocks with their scraps. They were cut on accu quilt so how hard could it be. And backing fabric was in there. I put together 3 or 4 rows and just stared at it. Ugly ugly ugly.....put back in the bag and passing it on to goodwill.😅

[@PinCutSew]

Haha good for you.

[@PiNkSpRinkLe1]

My biggest problem is choosing fabrics that are too light and disappear into the background. This is my problem with layer cakes, half of them are way too light.

[@paulaneary7877]

Trading spaces was a fun idea for a show but from what I saw, it didn't really work. Yeah, they just went WAY overboard.

[@jodieroundtree488]

Nooooo....I want it to be your fault, not my fault, if fabrics didn't go together 😅

[@PinCutSew]

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[@carlaatkins2619]

Nikki, your practical hints are spot on. Great reminders for me.If I like it, I like it. 🎶💐💖🫂