FatBacks!® are 3 1/4 yard long cuts of wide-width fabric for backing Queen-sized quilts.
Our FatBacks® are sold at the three yard cost. We also sell our wide width fabrics in half-yard continuous units.
Many fabric stores sell wide width fabric. Only Christian Lane Quilters sells FatBacks!® We have a registered trademark on the name.
When other businesses use our name, FatBack®, in any form, such as: fatback, Fat Back, etc., to sell their wide width fabrics, it is a violation of our trademark.
JoAnn's Fabrics was using the word "fatback" to sell wide quilt fabric in their flyers a few years ago. They stopped doing so as soon as they were asked.
A "standard" quilt batting for a queen sized quilt is 90" wide by 108" long. Our FatBacks® are wide width fabric (from 108" wide to 118" wide) by 117" long (which is 3 and 1/4 yards). The extra inches on each side allow longarm quilters to mount the backing the batting and the quilt top on their machines properly for quilting. Our FatBacks® are sold at our three yard cost.
Our customers, many of whom are longarm professionals, love the fact that the backings are exactly the right size for their queen sized quilts.
Hope that is better and more helpful explanation. It always takes time to learn the lingo!
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