Originally Posted by mosquitosewgirl
I'm really, really frustrated...I bought some fat quarters from a chain fabric retailer that ended up only being 16.5 to 17 by 20 to 21. Just enough short so that I can't get all the blocks that I normally do out of a fat quarter. Even worse, I got the last of these particular FQs. Argh.
Even though fabric WIDTHS vary, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for them being only 16-17" long. A yard is 36" and half of that is 18" and always will be! Multiply that inch or 2 shorted by all the thousands of fat quarters sold and what do you have?? A whole lot LESS FABRIC for our $$. IMO this is THEFT or FRAUD, if it is an ongoing practice by the manuf & retailers.