Pros and Cons of Quilt Kits

Do you buy quilt kits? If you're a quilter, you either love to pick them up or you really don't see why anyone would. Learn the pros and cons of quilt kits in this video.

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[SC-hjhr]

Hmmm, I'm a newbie quilter. So far, have selected and cut my own fabrics.
The cons you mentioned (&other comments) outweigh the pros.
Thanks for the heads-up everyone

[Yt-hbwh]

Pros and cons of monthly subscription boxes would be a good video. Just a suggestion.

[woodsiesjw]

I am doing a bom from Missouri star that I am very frustrated with. Very stingy with the fabric and unclear instructions. But I have been happy with most of the kits that I have bought. It helps if the fabric designer is one that you know, then you know that the quality of the fabric will be good. Sometimes I buy kits online because the fabric is cheaper, and then I may not use it for that pattern. It saves me some money because I don’t have a quilt shop near me and I have to buy all of my fabric online. Thanks for the timely video!

[janetehoffman]

I buy kits from really reputable online, FAT QUARTER SHOP, MISSOURI STAR, never had an issue! Thank you for your insights!

[teclalegge]

I wouldn't normally do a kit quilt, but I loved the laser cut curved pieces in a kit by the Flynn family's business. Laser cutting seems to keep the edges from fraying.

[lizh.]

I discovered all of your points on my own as a beginner, wish videos like yours were available way back when! Upside is I did learn a lot. A downside for Canadians is that ordering online can result in shipping costs that make it not worth doing as some sites don’t give you a choice of method. I would contact the seller, some of them will help you out. Finally, thanks to not being able to resist a sale, I have a stash of quilt kits. Some sellers will substitute fabrics, so, “not as shown”, but mostly I love the colours I got. If I never use the pattern, I will use the fabric!

[ramziabdullah]

Thank you for the valuable information from great lady

[Wisepati]

I like buying a kit from a local quilt shop when they have made up the sample because I can see it. My LQS also adds in notes from the person who made up the sample.

[lindafowler]

I bought a kit for a wall hanging because I liked the display model. It was at a quilt show.. She was out of kits so I ordered one. It was terrible: very bad instructions and fabric shortage. I contacted her because I found a missing fabric piece but used some from my stash though she offered to send me a piece. I should have waited to contact her because a couple of the pieces provided were way, way to small. I also bought a small kit at the show from her and the instructions were wrong. Now a BOM I bought from The Fat Quarter shop was great. It had wonderful instructions and quite a bit extra fabric each month.

[janetflint]

I've bought kits from connecting threads . Their kits are not cut for you, and you get a generous supply. Thanks for the good tips on one's that are already cut. I may not have thought about that.

[BeatlesFanSonia]

Your background reminds me of the magic pictures that they used have everywhere! Remember the ones that you had to stare at to see the hidden object? I loved those.

[tmoore]

I almost never buy kits because I would rather use my own fabric. But I have bought them on the rare occasion because they were baby quilts and I liked the pattern and colors. The one from a random shop at a quilt show turn out to have shorted me on several of the fabrics on one of the quilts. The other, also from a show but by a local, well regarded store gave me lots of extra fabric but the pattern instructions from the fabric manufacturer had a glaring error. It was a large panel with pieced borders. The first direction was to cut the panel to a specific length. That length was longer than the printed panel! And it had manufacturing, copyright information and salvages that still needed removed. Good thing I can do math and figured out how to adjust the pieced borders with the smaller panel than the directions gave. Mistakes happen, people are human.

[susanholstein]

I bought a quilt kit and I am finding that the 10" by 10" squares are not 10 x 10. They are all short on one side. Plus, the fabric is not squared off! Very disappointing. I just finished all the cutting and I am ready to start assembling the quilt. I'm hoping this "shortage" will not affect the piecing. The company has now changed names and I understand they are not very responsive to customer service requests. Lesson learned - I will buy my own fabric from now on.

[susanvaughn]

When I buy a kit, I tend to change some of the fabric

[jillkenyon]

I’ve never purchased a quilt kit before, just for the last reason you spoke about. I’m so afraid I’m going to make a mistake and not be able to match the poorly cut piece up.

[sandygray]

Kim, is there any way you can put closed captioning on your videos? It would be so helpful to me and I’m sure others.

[palmasmyth]

Another con is that you are locked into the size of the quilt.