Originally Posted by
rjwilder
I must have some bad math skills because I don't see how one can get 7 FQ out of 1 3/4 yards of fabric. Isn't a fat quarter 18" x 22"? I'm thinking 1 1/2 yard for 6 FQ, to get 7FQ you'd need another 1/2 yard piece. Otherwise you'd would get a fat 8th out of the remaining 1/4 yard left from 1 3/4 yards of fabric. Same goes for the 19 FQ's, you can't get a fat quarter out of a 1/4 of fabric.
rjwilder, I agree with you completely. What a number of you are assuming is not correct. 3 fat quarters might equal 3/4 yard of fabric in square inches, but 3/4 yd. will not yield 3 fat quarters. You will get 2 fat 1/4s and one linear quarter (9") from 3/4 of a yard. If you need to cut pieces of a certain size, a strip 9" x wof might not be enough. To get an uneven number of fat 1/4s, you must buy full yards, and you will have a fat 1/4 left over. I hope this makes sense and helps you.