Can someone please tell me the difference between a FQ and a linear quarter? I don't think I have ever heard of a linear quarter before. Thank you for your help.

Me either...i'd like to know too

I saw it in a connecting threads catalog today. I am very curios about this.

it is a regular 1/4 yard

As Abby quilts said, a Linear quarter would be a 1/4 strip cut from the bolt, or 9".
A fat eighth would be a 1/4 yard piece cut in half, so 9 x 22

A linear quarter yard is 9 inches by the width of fabric. A fat quarter is 18 inches by half the width of fabric.

Thank you for answering my question.

I believe it 1/4 yd. or 9" x 44"

I have to say if I'm given a choice I would go with the fat quarter.

Linear quarter yards are nice if you want to cut strips for strip piecing (like 2.5 x 44). But fat quarters just seem like more fun to collect. Now why is that?

a fat quarter measures about 18" x 22"; a linear quarter yard measures 9" x 42" (1/4th of 36"=9" x width of fabric)
1/8th fabric is 4 1/2" x 42"
the first quilt class i signed up for was a turning twenty...years ago. i bought the pattern at the lqs when i signed up buy finances were an issue and i went to walmart and picked out my fabrics...was quite happy with my selections when i walked into the class with 20 1/4 yard cuts...which the instructor promptly threw aside and let me know if i wanted to participate in this class i was going to have to buy fatquarters. she was teaching special cutting instructions that could not be done with my quarter yard cuts. at the time i had no idea there was a difference. i had been sewing for 30+ years then and had bought lots of 1/4 yard cuts of fabric...so, long-short...that quilt wound up being a bit (spendy) and i learned my lesson. when buying fabric for appliques unless they are big i usually buy linear 1/4's it seems to me like i get alot more out of a (regular) 1/4 than out of a fq. i dont know if it is true, but it seems like it