FAT QUARTERS--WHO USES THEM AND WHAT GOOD ARE THEY?
#1
What can you get with a fat quarter (18" x 22")?
99- 2" squares or 56- 2 1/2" squares
43- 3" squares or 16- 31/2" squares
20- 4"squares or 16- 41/2" squares
12- 5" squares or 12- 51/2"squares
9- 6" squares or 6- 61/2" squares
Kinda makes that little piece of fabric much more valuable, doesn't it?
99- 2" squares or 56- 2 1/2" squares
43- 3" squares or 16- 31/2" squares
20- 4"squares or 16- 41/2" squares
12- 5" squares or 12- 51/2"squares
9- 6" squares or 6- 61/2" squares
Kinda makes that little piece of fabric much more valuable, doesn't it?
#3
Thanks for breaking it down like that!
I've always thought the real value in fat quarters lies in the fact that you can get such variety by buying a bunch of them that you wouldn't necessarily get from buying yardage...
I've always thought the real value in fat quarters lies in the fact that you can get such variety by buying a bunch of them that you wouldn't necessarily get from buying yardage...
#5
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ohio
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I'm a marketer's dream. I love FQ's, honey buns, jelly rolls, on and on.
Sometimes I just want a bit of each and they look pretty before I use them hee hee
Thanks for the breakdown, I'm going to bookmark it.
I appreciate you doing the math!! :D:D
Sometimes I just want a bit of each and they look pretty before I use them hee hee
Thanks for the breakdown, I'm going to bookmark it.
I appreciate you doing the math!! :D:D
#9
Mine does too. I stand in the kitchen and yell numbers at him, he yells back the answer :)
Originally Posted by bluteddi
hmmmmmm .... interesting... i love it all spelled out like that for me.......i hate the math part of quilting.. dh does that part for me.... smile
#10
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: AZ
Posts: 127
Goodness you can do so much with FQs, right now my friend and I are trying to reduce our stash and FQs. We cut a 10 inch strip; divide that into two squares so we each have one(I subcut mine into 4 - 5 inch charm squares) then the remainder into 2 -2 1/2 strips(one for each of us) for jelly roll quilts. Then the last strip is subcut into a candy bar (2 1/2x5)a friendship braid strip or the 1/2 octagon template from Missouri Star.
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