on the subject of shorted fabric, In our travels across country we stopped at a shop in Texas where I bought 13 fat quarters in neutrals.
When I got home and rinsed and dried them, then talid them out to fold every one of them was 15-ish"X18-ish". Nothing I can do about it but I was pretty stunned and truth be told, a little hurt to be ripped off by a quilt shop.