Fat Quarters, no Selvage?

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03-19-2010, 06:44 AM

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retrogirl02

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Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen

As to the selvage, when I ask my LQS to make a FQ for me from a bolt, they cut a half yard, then turn the ruler to the fold line and trim the tiniest bit off there to make two pieces, then go to the selvage side and remove whatever is needed to get to 22"...

I work at a quilt shop and to cut a fat quarter we cut 1/2 yard, turn it and cut it on the fold---then we sell it. I have NEVER heard of cutting off to selvage to make the fabric exactly 18X22. In fact, we usually cut our 1/2 yard part at 19", so it is a generous FQ.

I bought FQs at a shop not too far from me recently and they were cut so "warped" that I ended up with 16 1/2 X 21 when I squared up the fabric. I was really mad!!!

Marcia,
That would make me really mad, too. I wonder if someone is buying selvages from some quilt shops and that's why hers was cut. I'm not finding the selvage pieces in any of the fat quarters like I used to locally.

03-24-2010, 02:38 PM

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GrammaO

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Sharon,
Love the picture you are using-is that a pattern or did you make it up?

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Originally Posted by chicagoshar

Good answer about the stretch factor! Also, fat quarters are 'generally' cut 18" x 22" - the 22" going cross-grain.

03-25-2010, 07:33 AM

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It's funny - we were looking at some FQs the other night at guild, and most had selvages, but none had IDENTIFYING selvages. That is, anything that would have said "Timeless Treasures" or whatever was cut off, but the plain selvages were there. We were wondering whether they were sold either from the fabric co. or Joann's so that they COULDN'T be identified. Any thoughts?

03-25-2010, 09:31 AM

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retrogirl02

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Yes, I purchased a pre-cut set (I think 5 FQs) and only knew that it was Henry Glass because I'm a bit obsessed with 30s at the moment. One of the 5 had an identifying selvage, visible AFTER purchase. I think it was the center one and the fold made it next to impossible to check before purchase.

These were purchased from JoAnns.