maviskw

It's actually $12.00 a yard. Still a lot.

IraJane

Anyone going to Shipshewana Quilt Festival be sure to check out Little Bit of Lolly's row boat of fat quarters. The special this summer is 12 for $20. All name brand, good fabrics from Lolly's. Also, bolts are $6.50 a yard. I bought several pieces yesterday for table runner backings. Fun to make tr reversible.

Sewnoma

$12.00 a yard is about average price for fabric at the LQS around here. Usually the prices range from about $10-$14 a yard. Beverly's (a local-ish chain store) is usually $9.99-11.99/yd. So $3/fat quarter is actually pretty reasonable, for my local area.

Which explains why I buy so much of my fabric online.

Madan49

Not to be the "downer" in the group, but beware of "sets" of fat quarters! Most of the donations I receive to do my charity quilts with are the fat quarters that people hated when they received the sets of fat quarters they bought. It seems they got two or three pieces they loved and more pieces they hated, and those just took up space on their shelves gathering dust and frowns. Eventually (sometimes years later) those got passed along to someone who would use them in scrappy quilts. If you love doing scrappy quilts, nothing gets wasted, but if you DON'T, well... that's another story! You'd be better off paying for yardage you love and will USE! Just sayin'......

crafty pat

I buy fabric on sale and cut a lot of my own fq's, however I do love Keepsake Quilting fq's and half yard's a buy from them often. I love all the fabrics I have bought from them.

solstice3

2.50 to 3.50 is fair but look at the fabric to make sure it is of good quality.... Good quality is found in most quilt shops. I have found that Joann's single fats are more often than not lacking.

souffoue

Thanks everyone!! I think I might try one of the fat quarter monthly deals at keepsake. Since I am so new to this, I don't have very much in my "stash" yet.

mjhaess

I buy fat quarters when JoAnn has them on sale for 99 cents. I recently bought about 50 of them. I also like to buy them from Connecting Threads. They are a good quality and they are reasonable. Wall Mart has fat quarters for as little as 97 cents. There are a lot of choices out there...