backing fabric
 

Has anyone purchased backing fabric on line and have it arrive only 44" wide? This just happened to me and when I called the company they just said " that is the size of our backing fabric! I guess I just learned another esson

Marshall's dry goods has 108 inch wide backing fabric. I have bought over 150 yards from that company.

Well that's just wrong! I would be really really upset. I would have assumed a backing fabric to be no less than 90inches... and would have thought over 100 to be more the "norm".

I have noticed that Keepsake offers 44" "backing" fabrics that have been precut for their quilt kits, and you can buy them by the yard. http://www.keepsakequilting.com/prod...ic-Backing.htm
When you search for backing on that site, you get lots of fabrics that don't mention the width, as well as lots that do. I don't know if this is where you ordered from, but you're right - let the buyer beware. I would fully expect that fabric advertised as "backing" would be at least 90" wide, but apparently not.

Thanks for the heads up and reminder to carefully read full descriptions!!

one of my quilting advertisement books came today. nancy's notions, and I see she had real wide backing in there. can't remember whether it was 108" or 118". I soooo like my high quality off white, or white muslin I use for ALL my quilts.

Many shops carry 42" fabrics they consider good choices for backing. It is always important to read the description and know what you are getting/ordering. 'Wide backing' is often in its own category, and tells you how wide it is... Wide backs range from 54" wide up to 118" wide ** sometimes you run across a fabric that is 120" but not often. Sorry you had to learn this the hard way. A number of years ago my daughter was helping me out and came across an online shop with some great fabric at what she thought was a really great price. (Only $6.50) she kind of went a bit crazy and ordered 20 yards of fabric! When it came there was only 10 yards of fabric-- we called to find they sell their fabric by the 1/2 yard! So, when fabric was really about $7.50 a yard she paid $13 a yard... Not such a great deal.... We all learned to read the descriptions and the shop policies Before ordering anything... That was an expensive lesson.

I agree. Did it say anywhere the width of the fabric?? I bought once from a quilt shop online and was surprised it was flannel. Nothing in the description. I asked for a refund and they did issue me a credit on my Visa.