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[@martirichards1424]

Karen you are one of the most practical and talented quilting problem solvers. What great information for those of us who are newer to quilting. I look forward to your videos. 🥰

[@lisahall9226]

Piecing those fabrics using that technique is pure genius!

[@mojosbigsticks]

Run out of fabric? I saw Gone With The Wind and The Sound of Music - grab those curtains!

[@cleementine]

A new video from Karen is just like getting a nice hug. Brilliant as always! Watching her assemble that last unicorn fussy-cut block and putting that last little triangle in place was deeply satisfying. ❤

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Oh thank you!

[@poodlegirl55]

That was amazing!

[@bria2596]

I was just thinking, between her voice and her teaching manner, it is very therapeutic in so many ways. Thanks, Karen!

[@rolindareynard3513]

I had to make a "Frankenstein block" before. Glad to know I'm not the only one! 😂

[@debrajosephson19]

As a last resort, scan the fabric into your computer, and print out the design on printer ready cotton fabric. Works in a pinch.

[@lauralinash5341]

My husband was cracking up when you said "Fabric shortage!"😂he said "really?" That I'm definitely not lacking in fabric.!yres I told him fabric designs are printed for a limited amount of yardage. He's still in disbelief that I'm lacking in fabric! Ha ha!😂

[@louisedaoust9502]

Karen, you work so hard to help us. I love your videos, I learn new things all the time, I have been quilting for 20 years and I still find tricks and tips with you that nobody ever talked about.

[@eugeniaread2724]

Thank you so much for such wonderful tips. I particularly like the cereal box template for auditioning fabrics. The other tips will help me to complete a late friend's UFO baby quilt in her memory for her grandson. The blocks are various sizes and uneven.

[@staciebell1532]

O Karen thank you so very much.. I have a project just like your unicorn. I got so upset it sits in my UFO pile. I feel confident now after watching this. I am getting it back out and turning it from a UFO to a FFO. Thank you Karen...

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Glad to hear

[@annerankin1191]

I helped out a our local quilt documentation project and several of the most beautiful quilts had pieced pieces in them. Who knew and who cares. The quilts were stunning and even more interesting!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Especially when you realize they had no rotary cutters or other fancy tools

[@annerankin1191]

@@JustGetitDoneQuilts the quest for perfection often results in the loss of the quilt’s soul. Thanks for the video! XOX

[@karin0963]

​@@annerankin1191I love that! So true. ❤

[@kathyjohnson2043]

My grandmothers and their mothers made quilts from sewing scraps, never purpose bought. They all look wonderful; you will be the only person who knows that wasn't intended so just agree with the crowd 😁

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

I just finished quilting a very old top, at least 70 years old, and many of the block pieces were themselves pieced

[@susanbaker8023]

What a great video Karen, one of my favorites. I have tried to piece fabric for a block or border in the past. Why a pain! I can't wait to use your technique. Genius! Thanks so much. I always watch, you have and share wonderful info.

[@lindalosier5989]

I always love learning new things. Thanks for sharing some great tips.

[@ritareitsma3770]

Changing your quilt plan is also an option. I've done it where I decide to go more scrappy or I've made it as big as I can and then used appropriate colour fabrics to make borders to get to the size I want.

[@terrytt2932]

you are such an amazing resource for all of us! Thanks so very much!!

[@bjworksit1174]

Using cereal boxes in the size of blocks you need is crazy cool! I am going to put this idea to good use! Thanks for having such a great channel!

[@barbarah5742]

I would suggest turning the cereal box around to the plain side for less visual distraction. I have a supply of discarded file folders which also work well.

[@nancycox3318]

This was a great video - especially showing the extent you pieced for the unicorn! I have found a few times I had to piece some fabric to make a block - but really, what is a quilt but a lot of pieces sewn together. It is actually very satisfying to make do. About #getyourquiltywishesgranted last year was the first year I participated. I didn't post a wish, but I responded to a few. One was a person asking for orphan blocks to sew on clothing. I sent her a few blocks and she was very happy. I saw another woman posted for epp supplies. I had some in a shape I had accidentally ordered and didn't realize it until it was too late to return. She offered to pay postage or send me some fabric. I told her if she had some leftover precuts I could use them. She sent me enough that I was able to make a quilt out of them. It was fun making connections with other quilters that could use items I had.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thanks for sharing Nancy. It makes me want to participate this years

[@alexien2716]

The glue piecing guess game was *chef's kiss*! It can be quite satisfying to see a "perfect" project at the end of your hard work, but if you didn't enjoy the process or were stressed over finding the exact 3 or 4th block, that feeling lingers in the final result. There's relief that its over, not joy that it is complete. Good enough is always perfect. 💖

[@michaeldangelo5810]

The gluing step is something I had never thought of or heard of, but thanks to Karen I now see how it is vital and worth the effort!

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

My trouble is I have a lot of prints etc but not enough neutrals etc for backgrounds. I still also struggle with colour theory. I must be dumb because it confuses me!!! I’m off the topic but I need to get this off my chest,😂 clever how you pieced those blocks btw!

[@jfergusonk12]

I think color theory takes a lot of practice. It's a developed skill, like cutting & exact piecing. IMO ❤ Even when I am satisfied with my choices, I will do "retakes" until I'm fully committed. Of you can get your hands on a color wheel, that will help. I use mine all the time!

[@kathyjohnson2043]

She's made a few videos with ideas for helping with that, and you aren't dumb and you aren't alone.

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

@@kathyjohnson2043 😊

[@irisblue2332]

They're videos I've watched over and over again, too, to help them sink in.@@kathyjohnson2043

[@karenneiman856]

Don't stress about it. Just use what you or the person that you are making the quilt for likes and it will turn out great! Just this morning my daughter texted me and spontaneously thanked me for her wedding quilt and told me how much she loves it. She chose a large number of very disparate fabrics that were out of my comfort zone but I made it work and she is thrilled. Mission accomplished!! We are the queen (or king) of the quilt, so go out there and have fun! 😊

[@m.m.4645]

Hi Karen, thank you very much for your super valuable tips!!!! Some of these I already knew about, some were completely new. Since I -of course- also have some old babies laying around where there is fabric missing due to miscutting I will definitely be able to finish those UFOs. Thanks again With many greetings from Germany 🙋

[@gwynwellliver4489]

Whatching while using 15 year old fabric 😂 Thank goodness it's a scrappy project. Piecing the FQ into a WOF! Why didn't I think of that?! Thank you for keeping it r3al.

[@poodlegirl55]

Great advice. My daughter was here and she wanted to make a curtain for a cupboard in her cabin, but my fabric was too girly. She started looking through my fat quarters and found some perfect prints so we sewed them together and it was so cute!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

My kind of curtains 😎

[@eljay5623]

Brilliant! I had to immediately watch it again! 🙌🏼

[@Mimulus2717]

SO helpful! I was disappointed you did not cover the scenario you picture at 0:10.....a fat eight that is just shy of 9 inches. I bought two fat eight bundles online for a quilt and several of the pieces more like 8.5" so I could not use those fabrics as not enough to do piecing. And it just felt wrong to have to go buy more when I had already spent good money and just got slighted via poor cutting by the vendor. I love my local quilt shop as when you buy yardage from them they include an extra inch or two and that extra wiggle room prevents heartache!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

I did. I showed several ways that you can use others fabrics to make up the shortage.

[@winkielaroo]

Great tips, Karen! I've used the "similar fabric" approach on at least two occasions, and in both cases I loved the end result even more than if I'd had all the original fabric I'd needed. Those experiences taught me to embrace the uncertainty 😊

[@conniesoares157]

Great ideas! Me and my friend use your tip about making an afterquilt. I could hardly tell which block you pieced together! My favorite quilt to gift for babies is “I spy” and when I find a piece of fabric I love, I use every scrap of it…even adding solid color borders!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Glad it was helpful! Sounds like fun

[@barbolivieri-soshesewsquil4867]

Excellent tips! Thank you!

[@j4lfred]

Make sure you are ACTUALLY out of fabric. As I was cutting the fabric for a quilt, I discovered I was going to run short on one of the pieces. I panicked, searched the internet and everything. I found a quilt shop that had it, but shipping costs were going to run me a lot! So I re-read the pattern, trying to see if there was a way to fudge anything. Turned out not every pieced block was going to be used in the pattern! I had enough; I just didn't make the number of blocks called for 🙄

[@tiffanycollier54]

I worked at a (gasp!) big box fabric store for several years, so, yes, quite guilty of over buying! LOL! But still run short of something I wanted to use sometimes!! Thank you for sharing these tips!

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Maybe you could start your own store

[@sarahkinsey5434]

@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I work at JoAnns and once had a customer say "My name is Joanne and I have enough fabric to have my own store." She said she donated like 75 pounds of fabric to Bundles of Love, an organization that makes newborn kits for new parents in need. Clothes, blankets, burp cloths, a bag to out it in, etc.

[@ragathnor326]

Super ideas. Piecing bits is my fave thing to do....as I hate having scraps left over. I use pieced bits in the back of quilts and I also make pincushions with them.!

[@kakylong2]

Great tips! 😊

[@sandradummer4726]

Karen, you look fabulous. Thank you for your video.

[@Treaclepuff]

This is such a helpful video! I remember seeing some pieced bits in my Grandmother's quilt! Honestly, I would never have thought to do it the way you did it; matching everything up. Thank you for showing how it's done. I doesn't look hard at all! Thank you for the other tips too!

[@susanlandon1832]

Love your ideas

[@cazkiwinz4300]

0:34 Awww…..Short people can sew too! 😂😂😂

[@creativemommaof3241]

oh my gosh. This video is so FULLED with wonderful tips and tricks. Such a valuable resource. Thank you so much

[@saundraweed9738]

Love you’re practical advice! All of your piecing advice works well for”camouflaging” odd fabrics in similar colors and patterns together to create additional blocks to finish a project.

[@MsDale1976]

FYI. I was subscribed to your channel and wondered why I hadn’t seen anything from you recently. When I clicked on this one my subscribe bell was gone or no longer subscribed. Just thought I would let you know. Great ideas.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Welcome back!

[@longarmingbyjaclyn]

Isn't not having enough fabric the WHOLE origin story of patchwork and quilting? Lol

[@dianaduncan4800]

Sometimes Etsy sellers have older fabrics in stock. I’ve had good luck finding what I need there.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thanks for letting me know

[@jennifermaddock4382]

I loved that piecing trick! Fabulous!

[@nancybailey1635]

Piecing that unicorn fabric was amazing. There’s hope for me yet. Thanks for the demo.

[@karenneiman856]

Thanks for these tips, Karen. I particularly like the one that suggested looking at other fabrics from the same designer and searching online with the picture (#6, I believe). Love the encouragement to not over buy. I am trying to keep my fabric moving through my sewing room like a flowing creek instead of having old stuff collect like a stagnant slough. Nobody likes a slough filled with dead or dying things! Keep it fresh and moving, baby! 😀

[@scrappyquilter102]

HA! My "slough fabrics" get segregated out and made into rugs!

[@jfergusonk12]

​@@scrappyquilter102 I need a good rug pattern!

[@juliemorrison4348]

Nice to see you again Karen. Very timely video. Love the splicing samples. Very clever. 👏👏♥️🇦🇺

[@anitamendelsohn9882]

Thank you so much! No more leaving quilts undone.❤

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Wonderful!

[@susans2599]

Looked for fabric I had to have. It took a lot of googling but I finally found the last 2 yds in France. If I get the chance I'm going to visit in person.

[@emilywhetzel6760]

The cereal box template is great idea. I hadnt thiught if it before. I have used the inserts from fat quarters to make my own templates before also.

[@karenshlemkevich2591]

That was really informative Karen! I never thought to use Google image search to find a fabric! GENIUS!

[@TallulahB58]

I found an older fabric I needed at an online quilt shop in Kentucky. I ordered the yardage I needed- about 5 yards- and the owner called me and told me it would be in two cuts and would that be all right? It was. :) I also found some coordinating fabric I was wanting that was originally sold by Blueprint (remember them?) in an Etsy shop.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Good sleuthing

[@Denise11Schultz]

Wonderful! Especially the friendly similars at 10:08.

[@rebeccamapes1157]

Great tips! Especially splicing the fabric.

[@Rainydaylily]

More than once I've gone on an online fabric hunt -- and found exactly what I needed. It's amazing what's out there.

[@jamiethrogmorton2540]

The SPLICING technique was perfection! So good to know. 🎉

[@cathrynalpaugh6765]

I just had this happen. I cut my outer border wrong. I was going to border the sides and then use sashed corner blocks on the top and bottom but I may try your splicing method now. Thanks for the timely advice! ❤❤❤

[@julsbendandi9374]

Thank you so much for this! I am trying to use up my Tula Pink tiny beasts fat quarters and I had never thought of piecing them! ❤❤❤ I love your videos so much. When one pops up, I am so happy! Then I make myself do something I have been avoiding and promise myself the treat of watching your newest video! Works everytime 🎉

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

🤗🤗🤗

[@impala1022]

My fav tip was the match, glue sew one. Great idea! Thanks.

[@conniefath5126]

Thank you so much! I am never disappointed when I watch your videos. So much great information

[@bibliophilecats]

The description of the splicing is amazing! Thank you so much! Regarding buying fabric that's missing: I often find that the fabric is still available (ebay, etsy, ...) but only as yard/half-yard cuts or in FQ bundles - which is not only expensive but also much more fabric than need. Therefore, I try to make it work.

[@alexandra-zaza-burns]

I had to patch scraps after making a mistake in my last quilt. It turned out brilliantly and even I had difficulty spotting the patched piece. Your tips on the unicorn were great. Thank you.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Wonderful!

[@NatalieMoore-cf4zt]

Fantastic ideas! No more stressing out!

[@lssapcsa2650]

As usual, you get me thinking about some of those fabrics in my stash. Thank you!

[@pollyjazz]

Thanks for the tips. I have used a similar technique to paste together scraps to recreate a piece of fabric that is missing bits. Sometimes I take the leftover fussy cutting scraps and sew them back up together and create a different design. I can't afford to waste anything so I find ways that I don't have to. I am collecting fabrics to make my own Alentejana quilt and will take inspiration from you and use also some leftovers I have. I see it will be much more difficult to decipher the pattern if each part is not made up exclusively of the same fabric but I like a challenge so am looking forward to it. BTW, in Portuguese you pronounce the "j" , in two different ways. In "Alentejana" it is a hard "j" like in "John". It's actually pronounced without the e in the middle: alent+jana. Sorry, it just sounds so weird to hear a very Portuguese word pronounced in Spanish. 😊

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thanks for letting me know

[@lisaroper421]

Great content! And very impressive work!

[@eileensecrest2185]

Thank you so much for this video. I love the topics you choose, you are a natural problem solver. I would never have guessed that one of the unicorns was pieced.

[@marywiggins7411]

Love that cereal box trick to audition prints

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

It makes such a difference. And look at it from across the room. It’s amazing how they change

[@wandawalker4191]

More great advice, Karen. Thank you!

[@rebeccamulkern1051]

Your splicing technique is fantastic, and your Victoria and Albert quilt is gorgeous ❤

[@melaniemcneil407]

Of course, the easiest way to deal with it is just use something else. 99 times out of 100, no one else will see it, and you probably won't notice, either, after the first annoyance of the substitution. And/or intentionally use multiple similar fabrics to fill a need, and then there really isn't any 'running out.'

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Yes, you can use something else if you have it. It’s about not defaulting to have to buy more yardage

[@bierjip1]

Wonderful tips! I often start out with different fabrics in one colour as background, eg cream, and then if I run out I can easily buy and use something different to add to the existing blocks.

[@jeandryja6992]

Loved this I have some scraps of animal prints that are swiss cheese next rainy day I will be piecing whole animals! Have to finish a baby quilt first. Karen you always come out with a new video just in time to solve a problem.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

So glad to help

[@francelichter7314]

Thanks Karen. Excellent video!

[@jaynecarreiro5005]

Thank you Karen. You are such a helpful resource! I had completed the Seed Packet quilt with Free Spirit fabrics and turned the similar scraps with motifs cut out everywhere turned to your adding machine video and used up my scraps. I also could have used this video to piece those flowers back together!

[@RoseJensen-pm1lj]

Thankful for the how to piece! Tried to do it previously (not your technique) and it was a mess. I will absolutely refer to this next time!

[@jamiethrogmorton2540]

Your “Alentehana” (?) quilt is very pretty. Better with more fabrics In my opinion.

[@auntkaz815]

I honestly think the quilt is more interesting and has more of a story and character when there are surprising aspects or pieced elements that came about by “making do”. Whatever quilt you make with those unicorns will be all the more fascinating because two of the unicorns are pieced (if you look closely enough!!!).

[@susanmei9980]

I did that, once, many years ago. I had purchased some small quilt panels and it was the end of the bolt, which was cut very crooked, on the diagonal. Of course, they did not charge me for that crooked part. But I was able to piece a whole other block together from that damaged area; it matched perfectly, and I was so proud of myself! It was my favorite one and I kept it! I imagined pioneer women doing something similar, and it was a great feeling making something so beautiful, out of nothing! These are some great ideas, Karen, and I never thought of most of them! TFS. 🌷

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

We’ll done 👏👏👏

[@dowsabella1]

This is a great video for helping sort problems, however, here is a warning! I didn't have enough background fabric for my quilt, so went on an online hunt for it. Success - except I needed to import it from Canada to the UK. Problem solved, or so I thought, as our daughter who lives near Montreal was due to visit. When said fabric was produced from her suitcase, it was a visibly different dye lot ....... 🙀

[@nitababcock3977]

I ran out of a piece & absolutely had to have the same fabric. So I took a pic & did a Google search & found some. I was trying to avoid a seam also but when I got it, I cut it wrong & had a seam anyway. Oh well the top is finished, now I have to finish the quilt.

[@theresacraviotto588]

And you are probably the only one who “sees” the seam! 😊

[@farkiemacd]

I've done ALL of these! I have a bad habit of collecting UFOs and then finding out that one of the fabrics I need is no longer available. I have become quite adept at searching local stores and online for that one stupid OOP fabric. I also am working on a quilt for a friend that uses large templates to cut the pieces. One of the templates is used very frequently, but needs to be taped together from a couple of sheets of paper. Well, didn't I just tape it together on the wrong line, and cut a couple of dozen of them too small? I was cutting templates out of 5-strip strip sets and I didn't have enough fabric or will to remake all those strip sets, so... I ended up taking the scraps from the strip sets, finding a size that worked as an insert, and adding that insert into the middle of each template (they were angled on the ends, so inserting into the middle was easier. It took a couple of evenings but I figured once it was assembled and quilted you'd never see it.

[@shirleywilliamson7985]

U R awesome,thank you for your sharing knowledge ❤

[@treyshields7848]

Great video I recently had this exact problem with a group that I belong to and I had several people find some in their stash. Now I’m looking for the opportunity to pay back the favor

[@deborahlunsford6983]

So clever at piercing and fussycutting. I must try.

[@jodieroundtree488]

Always great, helpful ideas! Thanks!

[@ruthie220]

Hey friends! I'm a new quilter. Do I need to serge my quilt top pieces so the quilt lasts longer? 😅

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

No

[@emiliegoethals3769]

I'm the kind of quilter that always has enough. when I'm short of a piece, I take another fabric. Patchwork should be fun to make and to look at later

[@bobbinwithbrittany]

Quilt kits are so stressful for this reason. I have one that gives you the exact yardage, no room to even straighten the first cut. This video helps me move it up in the to-make rankings

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

That must be stressful. I find the yardage way too much…and you are paying for every square inch.

[@coribeckett7400]

Thank you for the tips on how to splice fabric. I never would have thought to use glue. Genius. I will also be looking into the quilty wish group. Clever. ❤

[@Craftythrifter]

One time the longarmer called me in a panic, something had happened to a little piece of my quilt top and she needed to replace a square. Asked if I had any, but I was away on vaca, she checked with a friend and found some right away. Crisis averted, which was great cuz that one was a very special wedding gift quilt. Just illustrating another reason you might need a piece of fabric from your quilt.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thanks for sharing 🤗

[@sebrinald7721]

I love this. My group laughs at me for using bits and pieces. You have made me so happy to see that I'm not the only one.

[@donnarichey144]

Good tips and thank you so much.

[@jylromain6439]

Absolutely brilliant ideas. Thank you.

[@barbarastefani254]

I just ran into not having enough of one shade of black with a print of only need maybe four or five more it’s been on the wall I don’t know how long now because I’m having trouble

[@carlaatkins2619]

Karen, I am convinced you are my Quilting Angel. Great tips. Your friend from New Mexico, Carla 🎶 💖 💐.

[@MarvinNL]

Very Informative Video! Was not aware of all the options you mention, thank you!!

[@JoanneBerndsen]

Hi Karen, Thanks for all these great tips ! I'm working on M&E100days. I can get about 5 blocks form a FQ. Thats great but not for the longer diagonal rows. So I'll see what the other fabrics in the collection(Tilda Pie in the sky) fit in whith the row. A bit of shuffling might be needed but it will look great in the end !

[@juniperraven1386]

The quilty wishes hashtag even 'runs' late October/early November. It is a pay it forward game; so you go through the # and grant the wishes you can and post what you are looking for, and your location by county/state. What you're looking for can be general or specific. If you like scrap quilting, everyone is happy to pass along scraps. Want to make a hexi quilt with no repeat fabric, cool. You could ask for a specific color, or motif (like Halloween) but don't care about a specific fabric. You can also get more specific, like asking for a specific fabric. Definitely post a pic of the fabric. Likely hood of getting it is ruffly tied to how popular it is; everyone wants Tula and Gastly. But by and large ppl are trying to help.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

Thank you for sharing

[@margaretbaker623]

A great video! Thank you Karen. ⚘️

[@sherryfaires7931]

Excellent tips! Thanks, Karen!

[@sandrabryant2450]

I have found so many fabric lines in Etsy! I highly recommend 💕

[@rainydaysewing1166]

that technique for the pinkerville unicorn fabric is great. I never thought of using fabric glue to help with the process.

[@JustGetitDoneQuilts]

School glue will also work