Originally Posted by
SlightlyOffQuilter
Not all fat Quarters are equal ! I have had some that looked like they were cut by a 5 year old with ADD in the middle of a carnival ! If I am doing a pattern that says you can cut all the pieces from 1 FQ with not much left over ( sorta like a Swoon ) I ALWAYS , ALWAYS, buy 2 ! Because I KNOW, there is going to be a strange cut when I buy it, or Murphys Law says that I will cut something wrong LOL
I love your description of the five year old cutter ... got a wonderful visual image! Anyway, if I am buying for a specific project I generally buy 2 if the pattern says 1 will suffice. I will also open up fat quarters at new stores (new to me) or at quilt shows and check them before I purchase them. I had one vendor tell me I couldn't do that because it messed them up. I said ok and left the stack of 20 that I had selected. I think she got upset when I had already found several that were poorly cut and other customers were noticing. Oh, well,....