Originally Posted by wilson
the fabric width is definetly shrinking ! Used to be 45" wide now you are lucky if it is 42" wide. I bought some the other day from JoAnn Fabrics and when I got home it was 39" wide ! This really messes with figuring out amounts that you need for quilts or quilt backs. I find this practice extremely annoying.
Okay, even if they are making the fabric narrower, 18" is still 1/2 yard. That measurement should not change! It's frustrating to make a quilt from my Fat Quarter quilt book and come up a little short. I think I'll just start buying 1/2 yard pieces. They don't cost that much more and I'll have plenty to work with and some left over for backing, etc. (But some of those fat quarters are so stinkin' cute and they don't have full bolts of that fabric!!! Grrrrr!!!!)