A great Knitting Stretchy Fabric is to always buy a little more than you think you are going to use.
That way you will be safe from running short and after you have made a couple of different quilts you can make a Rag quilt where you use all the scraps from your quilts to make a bright colorful and inexpensive quilt (and you won’t have to buy a thing!).
Remember when quilting and slotting your fabrics and colors into your pattern that, while some fabrics look fantastic in sheets, they not always have the same effect when cut into 2″x2″ or even 5″x5″ squares and may not give the same appeal as a whole piece of material.
Likewise fabric that you feel is ‘boring’ or don’t particularly like may often look fantastic when in tiny squares or used as appliqué rather than as a large block of color.
When choosing the color and pattern, it is a great idea to consider what kind of mood you would like the quilt to create.
Don’t just look at the Textile Fabric aspect like who it is for and where it is going, also consider the reason people will be using it and how you would like them to feel when they are wrapped up or lying under one of your beautiful quilts.