Originally Posted by leiladylei54
Has anyone noticed that some of the fat quarters are also shorter as 21" in length as opposed to the traditional 22"??? And when you factor in the white strip at the selvage end of the fat quarter, you can be losing an additional 1/2", too. But I've also been noticing that when you buy on the bolt and measure the width of the fabric, it's running less than the 44". Got to be careful these days.
Twenty-two inches may be considered "traditional", but fabric hasn't measured a full 44" wide in ages so FQs at 21" are pretty much the norm, not the exception. When estimating yardage, most people figure 40" and consider themselves lucky if they get 42"...I know I do anyway.
And a question about the Canadian prices for FQs...that's for a quarter meter, right, not a quarter yard? Or roughly 21" x 20". That's 11% larger than US measurements. ;)