Stash-building with quarter-yards ... "fat" or "skinny"?
03-02-2011, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
When adding quarter-yard cuts to your stash, do you prefer fat quarters (18" x 22" ) or skinny (9" x 44" )?
03-02-2011, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by davidwent
Like me...fat! LOL
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I like to buy half yards too but prefer "fat" because there is always that one piece that needs to be bigger. SKinnies are great for making Pat Speth Nickle quilts which she starts with 5" strips. Looks the the "fats" are ahead.
03-02-2011, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Lori S
Fat quarters just hit $3.00 in one of my LQS.
03-02-2011, 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ckcowl
it depends on what i plan to do with the fabric, sometimes i want the whole width of the fabric (skinny 1/4's)...sometimes i need wider-shorter pieces and fq's will work. also one of our lqs...charge ALOT more (by the yard) for fq's...it is much cheaper to buy the regular 1/4 yd piece....8.95 yd... 1/4 yd=$2.24...she charges $3.50 for fq's ($4 if batiks or flannels)
so i take that into account too.
so i take that into account too.
03-02-2011, 07:56 AM
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The quilt shops I go to, if I want a fat quarter from yardage, they will cut it for me, and charge 1/4 of the price for yardage. True, there are some fat quarter stacks you can buy already coordinated and tied up with a cute bow, and they can run high, but I've never seen fat quarter running that much higher. Guess we're just lucky.
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03-02-2011, 08:16 AM
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I only buy fat quarters in a store if the fabric is not on a bolt...I just measured a precut fat quarter and it measures 198"....a cut quarter yard by a person measures 432"...and sometimes they are the same price!!!! So most of the time I just ask for a quarter yard to be cut.
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