I'll never buy FQs again.
#22
I'm doing a baby quilt where the recipient supplied the fabric. She is not a quilter/sewer, but went to a very reputable quilt shop and bought fat quarters. I echo what you are saying. The pattern required that I use almost all of the fat quarter and in a couple of cases, the fat quarters were too small to get what I needed. Very sad that prices keep going up and we aren't even getting what we pay for.
#23
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Waynesboro, Tn.
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CT has always given me generous cuts! Just like Peckish, I ordered 20 FQs and received 23. I also go to the only LQS in my area, and have to watch the cutter like a hawk. She pulls the fabric very tight as she measures and cuts! When I measure at home, I'm always an inch or more short! Then swear I will never set foot in her shop again. But as a fabric addict, the smell and feel of new fabric is too powerful to resist!!!
#24
Agree that they can be disapointing. Its buying someone elses scrap. When buying them I try not to count on them being the right size. In my opinion all precuts are this way. Once in a blue moon they'll be that one generous piece that restores our faith, so we buy more!
Last edited by QuiltnNan; 12-27-2012 at 06:30 AM. Reason: language
#27
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Barnesville GA
Posts: 3,181
I have taken to buying yardage,usually 2 if I can afford it if not then at least 1 . This is my way of thinking. I will always use it somehow, I have enough to finish what I want. If I don't use all of it I can always sell a fat quarter or two of it and recoup my money a little. When I cut my fabric down prior to wrapping on boards I did cut some FQ and a little bigger. Anything less got cut down. I just never saw the logic in buying FQ's.
#28
Ditto here...fat quarters are fine for applique pieces, but I always buy yardage for everything else. Need to be sure I don't have to make another trip to find what I need is now gone!
#30
Ditto ditto. I just went to my lqs and had her cut 1/4 yd pieces for me as I needed some fresh blood in my quilt I am making. It seems I am liking the browned/grayed colors and I needed some brights. I do not buy fat quarters at all.
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