What's a good price for fat quarters?
#61
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Location: Washington state
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Originally Posted by angieh1964
on the convo of fats i kind of put off buying them till the other day it was all i could get for a wall hanging couldnt find any bolt fab i liked was at joanns when i got home i went to put them away with the other fats and realized i already had that color but low and behold i had bought the first set a walmart and guess what...they are exactly the same only difference is price $1.00 at wally world $1.99 at joanns so from now on i will check at walmart first! and when you compare the price it can be a better deal depending on what you are buying i was getting batiks
I bought the perfect color to bind a table runner at JoAnn's. Then got it home and it was such poor quality I could actually see through it. No way to tell when it was on the card
#63
Originally Posted by remclave
Originally Posted by Lilrain
Long time quilter, but perhaps a little ignorant, have never heard of a 12x12 quilt. What is it?
#66
I look at how far apart the threads are and how it feels. If you rub the fabric between your hands and there is a lot of dust, then it has a lot of sizing in it to give it a false feeling of body. $1 a good fat quarter sounds like a very good deal to me.
#67
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Location: Lake Stevens, WA
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JoAnn's chain frequently has FQ's on sale for $1. (I never pay full price at JoAnn's -- everything will be on sale or have a %off coupon soon enough.) Q shops usually run $2 up. Think about it -- if quality fabric is selling for $8.25 or more per yard, the store would be losing money to sell a FQ (1/4 yard) for less than $2.25!
I am lucky enough to have a store within easy distance that sells a lot of "past season" (not this year's, or overstock) flat folds (not on bolt) for $2 to $4 per yard. With this available, I try not to spend more than $1 per FQ unless I can't find what I need otherwise.
I am lucky enough to have a store within easy distance that sells a lot of "past season" (not this year's, or overstock) flat folds (not on bolt) for $2 to $4 per yard. With this available, I try not to spend more than $1 per FQ unless I can't find what I need otherwise.
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