PieceandLuv

If we don't buy it they will have to keep the yard..........ya think?

jitkaau

It's world - wide. Can't help but feel cheated. The ones I also don't like is when you get a big bottle and there is a false bottom so you think you are getting more than you really are.

QKO

Umm, not to put too fine a point on it, but you're always buying "by the unit."

If someone sells by the yard, you're buying by the unit of a yard. If you buy say, 1-1/2 yards, you're buying 1.5 units. If you buy 1-1/4 yard, you're buying 1.25 units. Pricing is always done by the unit, no matter what the unit is, or what it's called. The only difference is if the seller sells partial units, or not.

p38flygirl

I don't like it one bit either..Not sure what we can do...

Ladyjanedoe

I think it's particularly troublesome when you're browsing the sales section and they have it in half yards. They'll say something like "on sale $4.95" ( and then that means by the half yard.) Maybe the "sale" meant they knocked off just a few measly cents of the yard price . It hardly seems like a sale when when you're only talking about a half yard.

I don't mind doing a little extra math for a good deal but I'd like some websites to be a little more upfront.

Sew and Sew 2

When Joann's and other large fabric stores start this practice, I'll have to quit sewing and quilting, just can't hardly afford the prices now.

stitchofclass2

It makes me feel as though they believe that I am stupid. So wrong. So, so wrong. I say, let it be what it is. Stop playing mindless games. They never work. Whew! Glad I got that off my chest.

Darlene's

I have ordered alot of fabric from connecting threads and they say 4 units = 1 yd. I just placed a order with them last night.It's confusing to try and remember that when I look at their lil sticker on each section of fabric ...like it'll have a 16 on there and I think I didnt get that much !!! but really only got 4 yds lol

grammysews4u

remember when they used to cut you off a few inches for a sample swatch? not really that many years ago. now they do want to charge you for a inch!! its so sad. makes me want to watch Little House on the Prairie and go back in time. Always wanted to live back then anyway!

Jamiestitcher62

I don't mind the 1/2 yard increments. Sometimes I just want a 1/2 yard and I can add the dollar amounts in my head if I want a full yard. The price for a 1/2 yard is half of what you'd pay for a yard, so what's the big deal? A lot of website cut minimum of a yard and I like samplers of a 1/2 yard of each, if I'm adding to my stash.