CJ's materials post for the quilting tutorial

[Michelle]

I copied and pasted this from where she originally posted it as it was within a post made by another member.

Here is what she wrote about the materials we'll need for the tutorial:


Okay I'll help as best I can.

- You'll need 100% cotton thread. You can use a white color when using light color material or a neutral color. If your going with dark material, pick a darker shade of thread. I don't have thread for every colour of material I have, I just get neutral colors. Make sure though it is 100% cotton.

- If your going with fat quarters - you'll need about 5-6. Now I'm not good at math so I would get 6 fat quarters, 3 light colors, 3 dark colors. You can use prints and plains, your choice. Again I would use a combination of both. Now if you want to get more, then purchase a few more fat quarters.

Now the reason I'm also not saying exactly how many you need is because of this often when quilting, you'll find you don't like the colors you purchased or you might think they don't match. So in doing the tutorial, it probably would be better to have less so that way if you find you don't like the color combinations, then you can purchase more.

- you will need batting for the back (crib size) unless you decide to make a larger quilt.

- backing for the back, again you'll need crib size. You probably will want to go a plain color for the back and you can pick this up at Walmart. Again I would wait until we have finished the top before I purchase this.

- you'll need material for the sashing, border and binding but again wait until we've done the blocks. I'm looking at doing 8 blocks. The reason I'm telling everyone to wait to purchase this is because you are going to want to make sure you like the material you purchase. Once were into block 3-4, you can go out and purchase your sashing and I'll explain that all in my tutorial on how to do it, what to look for and what else you will want to do with it.

- you'll need 1 yellow fat quarter (print or plain - preferably print though)

- you'll need a pencil

- one sheet of sandpaper

Also, this will not be done in one week. Were going to take our time, learn to quilt properly and have fun while doing it. I'll also be doing more than one tutorial at a time, for the beginners as well as for those who have already done some quilting but not lots.

HTH

[Mom23boys]

Thanks for making this a sticky. I printed it out so I can go get my materials.