$3 is a rip off, worked in a fabric store, not that hard to cut a fat quarter, and most of the fabric is left over fabric... I would never pay that.

I agree with the British, Australian, Canadian and Swedish posters on this thread! If fat quarters here were $3 US, I'd consider them a real bargain!

Batiks here, for example, run about $25 to $30 a meter...which includes 17% sales tax, customs taxes and the mark-up the shop owner needs to stay in business.

I live in a country with ONE quilting shop. One. So I buy online or on trips, and I buy a lot of fat quarters just so I can have some variety in my stash, so that I know what is going on in the world of fabric, and because I really like to make quilts with lots of different fabrics. I also buy them to try a fabric out, as a border for example, before ordering a larger quantity.

I honestly don't mind paying $3 for a FQ, plus shipping (I try to buy enough fabric at a time to fill a flat rate envelope, which makes the shipping cost more reasonable) and try to find cool projects to use them in. I may end up buying a lot less fabric than quilters in the US, but if I want the joy and satisfaction of my hobby, it's the price I have to pay.

I have found that if I just buy a half yard, and keep a forth for myself, I always have a fat quarter for raffle at quild. Believe me, if you cut your own, you get a FAT QUARTER, and you do not always get that when they are pre-cut.

We pay $6-50 for fq in Australia where I live.

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Here in Bendigo Australia, our Spotlight Store sells
fat quarters at plain @$2.50 + PRINTS @ $3.00

I have be buying 1/2 yards of fabric. Better deal and have more fabric if needed and build stash!

sounds like we all should be building our stash, the way prices are going up.

Walmart sells the fat quarters for $10.50. I have seen higher prices which I left at the store.

I questioned the owner of a local quilt shop why her FQ had gone up to $2.75 and $3.25 for batiks. She said the prices she was paying at the wholesaler were up and she really was only adding a 10% raise and sometimes 5% to make up for it. She told me was paying $ 7-8 for a bolt of fabric that last year cost her $5-6. It just means our stashes are growing in value.
Sally

"Walmart sells the fat quarters for $10.50. I have seen higher prices which I left at the store."


Are you sure that wasn't a fat quarter bundle?