Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by kellen46
So I was trying to calculate how much those precut fabric bundles really cost and I came up with this...
layer cake, about 42 ten inch squares equals 2.34 yards of fabric.
Average price of fabric $7 a yard
2.34 yards = 19.25
price of layer cake about $35
I based these on info from a reasonably priced fabric site and going by Moda fabrics.
That makes the layer cake fabric about twice the price of the cut fabric. Can this be right? If so someone is making out like a bandit. Now I can cut my own fabric squares. Precuts are nice and convenient but from now on I will rethink my purchasing options. Please someone correct me if I am wrong.
I think your math is off. You get 12 ten inch squares per yard with a little bit leftover. So 42 squares would be 3 and 2/3rds of a yard.
Fabric has been $8.50 to $10.00 a yard for some time now.
If you're paying $35 for a layer cake you're not paying all that much over the price of regular yardage.
This ias how I figured it also