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    Old 11-09-2010, 07:27 PM
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    I have found a web site, where the lady who owns it, will cut YOUR fabric for you! I have problems with coordination, so I have sent some to her to be cut. Great turn around time, and everything is as I ask. PM me if you want info... :thumbup:
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    Old 11-09-2010, 07:42 PM
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    This is $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!!!!!

    2.5" x 5" = 12.5 sq" to the piece
    12.5 sq" x 40 pcs = 500 sq" to the set
    500 sq" x 8 sets = 4000 sq" to the Candy Bar offer

    36" x 41" = 1476 sq" to a yd of quilter's fabric

    4000 sq" per Candy Bar offer divided by 1476 sq" per yd of quilter's fabric = 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in the Candy Bar offer

    $46.99 cost divided by 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in Candy Bar offer = $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!

    Waaaay too rich for my blood. Or my pocketbook either.

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    Old 11-09-2010, 10:27 PM
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    Originally Posted by Lady Crafter
    Originally Posted by featherweight
    Do they think we are so stupid that we can't cut a 2 1/2 x 5" piece of fabric???
    I don't think that's is a question of "so stupid." I just think that some people would rather have the convenience of having things cut and ready to go. Also, some people have problems with their hands and can't cut all that fabric. Arthritis is a big issue with us old folk. :lol: :lol: :lol:


    Pat I agree with you totally, as we age our joints just aren't what they used to be and cutting all those little stripes can be a problem and a frustration for us.
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    Old 11-09-2010, 10:28 PM
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    Originally Posted by tooMuchFabric
    This is $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!!!!!

    2.5" x 5" = 12.5 sq" to the piece
    12.5 sq" x 40 pcs = 500 sq" to the set
    500 sq" x 8 sets = 4000 sq" to the Candy Bar offer

    36" x 41" = 1476 sq" to a yd of quilter's fabric

    4000 sq" per Candy Bar offer divided by 1476 sq" per yd of quilter's fabric = 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in the Candy Bar offer

    $46.99 cost divided by 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in Candy Bar offer = $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!

    Waaaay too rich for my blood. Or my pocketbook either.

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    Old 11-09-2010, 10:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by tooMuchFabric
    This is $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!!!!!

    2.5" x 5" = 12.5 sq" to the piece
    12.5 sq" x 40 pcs = 500 sq" to the set
    500 sq" x 8 sets = 4000 sq" to the Candy Bar offer

    36" x 41" = 1476 sq" to a yd of quilter's fabric

    4000 sq" per Candy Bar offer divided by 1476 sq" per yd of quilter's fabric = 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in the Candy Bar offer


    $46.99 cost divided by 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in Candy Bar offer = $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!

    Waaaay too rich for my blood. Or my pocketbook either.

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    Just when those of us with arthritis think we've found another helpful way to minimize our cutting the price per yard gives us a heart attack. AccuGo does several cuts but that's not cheap either. I hate the thought of having to give up quilting because the cost of more convenient options are out of question on my social security budget.
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    Old 11-09-2010, 10:48 PM
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    what ever happened to the days everyone bought off the bolt and cut there own squares, strips and ect i noticed someone is always coming out with a "simpler way" to make a quilt
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    Old 11-10-2010, 05:55 AM
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    Originally Posted by tooMuchFabric
    This is $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!!!!!

    2.5" x 5" = 12.5 sq" to the piece
    12.5 sq" x 40 pcs = 500 sq" to the set
    500 sq" x 8 sets = 4000 sq" to the Candy Bar offer

    36" x 41" = 1476 sq" to a yd of quilter's fabric

    4000 sq" per Candy Bar offer divided by 1476 sq" per yd of quilter's fabric = 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in the Candy Bar offer

    $46.99 cost divided by 2.71 yds of quilter's fabric in Candy Bar offer = $17.34 per yard !!!!!!!!

    Waaaay too rich for my blood. Or my pocketbook either.

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    This is why they keep offering all these cut up pieces, more bucks. Interesting too, that when all cut up into small pieces, a little flaw that once would have rendered a cut unsaleable, can be discarded and sold for MORE! Thanks for doing the math, its why I cut my own. Yes I was scared to death of a rotary cutter until I found the one from grace with the ridge on the ruler, now I feel very safe. :-)
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    Old 11-10-2010, 06:01 AM
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    i like the precuts although I haven't bought any - it's seeing the pats and colors that mix so well. It's nice to know they are there w/having arthritis and carpal tunnel issues - it can get a little tough cutting and down the road may turn to those precuts.
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    Old 11-10-2010, 01:10 PM
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    One thing I can see might happen, to fill the gap we see coming between convenience and cost,
    is that someone such as members of this Board with younger bones and joints might cut these "new and interesting" shapes that come into fashion from time to time,
    and sell them here at certainly more reasonable prices.

    We are not limited to purchasing only from "the usual suspects" of commercial businesses.

    I'm just sayin'.
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    Old 11-10-2010, 08:04 PM
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    This is the first time I heard of these!!
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