Originally Posted by Happy Treadler
Originally Posted by jeaninmaine
NO, you get two fat quarters out of a half yard. If you fold the half yard selvage to selvage and cut along the fold, you have 2 fat quarters. It's 18 x 22. It's still a quarter of a yard, just cut differently.
Oh boy. I better stop while I'm ahead. LOL. I'll just follow the directions and buy fat quarters next time! :shock:
The problem I see with cutting your fat quarter -by folding the selvage to selvage & cutting - is that fabrics are 45" wide most fabics have a 1/2" white selvage telling you the fabric info-
Unless you cut off the selvage before you cut your fabric in half - The FQ with selvage, is going to be a "want to be FQ"