Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by katsewnsew
No a fat quarter is half of a half yard - or 18" x 22".
A quarter is a quarter is a quarter. The only difference is a fat quarter is a yard cut in half selvedge to selvedge and then lengthwise. Regular quarter yards are all cut selvedge to selvedge. They have exactly the same amount of square inches.
The difference is you can get squares from 10 inches up to 18 inches from a fat quarter but not a regular quarter. But you can only get strips up to 22 inches long from a fat quarter.
A quarter yard (9" x WOF) and a fat quarter (18" x 1/2 WOF) may have the same square inches, but some patterns, the Yellow Brick Road for example, need the width of the 18" in order to cut the strip widths needed for the blocks.
That said - LOVE, LOVE, LOVE! The Yellow Brick Road Pattern. Fat quarters are so easy to collect and use for this pattern. This quilt looks different every time you make it. I’ve even cut the strips half the size called for to make a table topper (a little math involved) and one baby quilt I set the blocks on point. The only pattern I've made more than once and look forward to making the next one. A scrappy version done in the local high school colors (It's cold at the soccer games :lol: ).