Originally Posted by Sheree from Chicago
I would think a quarter yard is a quarter yard whether skinney or fat????????
It would have the same number of square inches -
Example - say a piece of fabric is 44 inches wide
A skinny quarter (fourth) of a yard would be: 9 x 44 = 396
A fat quarter (fourth) of a yard would be: 18 x 22 = 396
Depending on how one would plan to cut the fabric, sometimes one cut works better than the other.
Example: I could get eight 5-inch squares from the skinny fourth - plus a lot of left-overs
I could get twelve 5-inch squares from the fat quarter - and there would still be some scrap left over