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Patchwork & Quilting ... Welcome to the Darkside / Re: Building a usable stash
« on: July 25, 2021, 19:02:07 PM »@RJR_38 I was going to suggest grunge! It's one of my favorites. I buy 3 yard lengths, sometimes 4 yards of good blender or backing fabrics. Also binding fabrics if fantastic I'll get several yards.
My basic rule for many fabrics is 1 to 1¼ yards so it could become a pillowcase or 3ish yards if it would be a good look for summer weight crop pants. Moda grunge makes great casual pants. :thumbsup: I buy fat quarters of lovely fabrics I can't imagine actually ever using. It satisfies the acquisition urge without taking up much space. Many of all the above do end up in quilts but in case they don't I have enough for them to be useful in some other manner.
@Renegade Sewist Moda grunge is so much more affordable over in US (£8.50 per yard compared to £12 per m which is only a tiny bit longer). Whenever one of my American friends kindly gets some bit to post over for me I always ask them to get a hard or two of grunge to bulk up the package