Kits - cut blocks all or one at a time

carrieg · Post by **carrieg** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:06 am

I have a question on how you handle cutting the fabric for kits. This is not a QIAD kit. I have a fabric kit that was originally a BOM, to make a queen size quilt.(!)

Do you cut the fabric for just the 1 block you are working on? That is my plan. I guess I just answered my own question. LOL I'm just missing the confidence needed to make that FIRST cut.

I'm sure there are some confident quilters out there that would cut the fabric needed for all 9 blocks at once.

Carol

Quiltcreator · Post by **Quiltcreator** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:56 am

Oh, yeah, ALL of them. If you aren't confident, you can sew one block when you get everything cut to see how it goes together, but definitely cut it all at once. It will take you probably 3 times longer to cut each one individually. And what would be the point? You'll still use the same amount of fabric.

cindyg · Post by **cindyg** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:47 pm

Carrieg - I am doing the Egg Money BOM and I cut out all the fabric for the blocks at one time. I put each blocks fabrics in a ziploc bag and labeled them. When it's time to do the next one all I have to do is find the appropriate bag and I'm ready to sew.

Post by **zfatcat** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:53 pm

Cutting all at once is better. Cutting as you go is very time consuming. I've done it both ways.

carrieg · Post by **carrieg** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:43 pm

All at once? I guess I'm just too leery of ruining the whole thing that way. But if you insist, I'll try. I have not done anything this complex before.

http://www.quiltingadventures.com/harvestspice.htm

I hope this link works. You'll have to copy and paste. It is the Harvest Spice quilt from Nancy Murty Davis. I saw a finished quilt at a quilt show. It's fake applique.

Carol

qltsbme · Post by **qltsbme** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:56 pm

Very nice quilt. I always cut my blocks at the get go. That way if I am short one fabric or two, I can either find more of that fabric right away or come up with a way to incorporate a different fabric. If you wait until you are done, the chances of finding matching fabric are much fewer.

gardenquilter · Post by **gardenquilter** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:45 am

I cut all like blocks at once - meaning identical pattern and fabric sew them and then go on to the next one

IowaGal · Post by **IowaGal** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:45 am

For this wall hanging I am making for the fair... I bought it 250 miles away, and the LQS that made it up left out 2 strip pieces. I had to use something from my stash and I am not sure at all about how I am going to do the binding. If I had cut these out, or at least looked at them closer, I would have caught it at the beginning instead of 3/4 of the way through.

quilter78 · Post by **quilter78** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 9:02 am

Is it really necessary to wash all of your material before sewing.. I have only one dark piece and I washed that and ironed also starched it.. the rest are light colors. I paid over $8.00 a yard for material.. It would take me hours to wash,iron and starch.. each one.. Is it really necessary. I don't think the rest of the material will run and doubt if they would shrink at that cost. What do you think..

TheKid · Post by **TheKid** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:47 am

I cut all at the same time. then, I chain stitch if it is possible the block pieces. In no time, it is all sewn together. What fun.

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