Downside of not having a stash

[Lowena]

I am about to embark on Fancy Forest ( done one test foxy block  ). Checked the fabric requirements on the pattern....comes to £300!! 
5yds background, 40 fat quarters, 1yd dark, 1 yd white, 5.5yds backing and 3/4 yd binding.....
Now, famously, I don't have a stash so it will be all outlay... fortunately it will be some time before I need wadding, backing and binding.
Looks like I'll be trawling the sales sites sometime soon 

[Snowgoose]

I am about to embark on Fancy Forest ( done one test foxy block  ). Checked the fabric requirements on the pattern....comes to £300!! 

HOW MUCH!!!!        

[Vegegrow]

40 fat quarters aghhhhhh.. what colours do you want Low I'm going through the stash at the moment and I can post pics of any candidates  ..

[Pearl]

That's a great idea, Vege.  I'm sure many of us could spare a fq or two (or a drawer full).

[Iminei]

Lets all donate one FQ to Low, she'll soon have enough to make the forest and more!

Let us know the colours you need Low and we'll choose and send you one!!

Oh .. and Low ..... pics of your foxy block please!

[Lowena]

No,no,no i couldn't possibly do that  I'm on the case and will keep you posted. Thanks for your support {{ group hug }}

[Iminei]

Yes Yes Yes we insist!!!!

Seriously we have more than enough to go around (well I do at least!)

What say you Girls???

And Low, if you don't cooperate, I have the pattern too ... so know which colours you need!!!! 

[Pearl]

Really, Low.  You'd be doing us a favour.

[Suziequeue]

I'm deffo up for this. I love the idea of the community rallying round.....

[Efemera]

I’m sure I’ll have something...

[Lowena]

No thank you...... you are all very kind, but if you don't desist I shall become incommunicado and may even leave......and I mean it!!
I really am sorting something  {{ group hug }} been online with my flexible friend  and things are working out well... I truly am not short of money.....watch this space..........................you might even see some  's hue as it is a forest 
Anyhoo I'd rather see some full sized quilts from you all, making the most of your stashes  Show and tell by Easter 
P.S. we could do a FQ swapathon somewhere down the line 

[Vegegrow]

Oh Low I wasn't worrying about your finances I was trying to get rid of some fabric to a good home .. so perhaps the Darkside needs a thread for 'I don't need but perhaps you could use FQ's ....people who would like the FQ could just pay P&P

[supergran]

40 Fat quarters??? Crikey Lowena, how big is this quilt?
I once saw a swap challenge where members brought their ugliest fat quarters to the group and swapped them with other uglies, and they all had to incorporate them into a quilt. Most of them didn't look half bad once they were hidden among other nicer fabrics.
Anyone else got any "what was I thinking" fabrics?

[Iminei]

It wasn't at all about your financial situation Low,
more that most of us have a FQ or five we could easily donate and wouldn't it be fun ????
Not charity at all.... would you reconsider????

[BrendaP]

40 Fat quarters??? Crikey Lowena, how big is this quilt?

What it means is that you need little bits of 40 different fabrics, not that you need 40 full FQs!  Once you've cut into all of them you would have a stash, unless of course you throw away anything smaller than a FQ when you are finished! 

I reckon that most quilts with reasonably small pieces need roughly twice the area of fabric to make the finished quilt top, (plus backing and binding).