I was talking about some of the FQ's that I've purchased from various places - (including a vendor at a quilt show - several of them were only 17.5 inches long - I was not happy)
and the size (and shape) of some of them after they've been washed and dried.
I do have a mystery though - I am not able to cut three 2 inch strips from a 6 inch block - apparently I make my strips wider than two inches - when I sew them together I get what approximately what I'm aiming for though.