Wonky Fat Quarters!! What is the standard???
07-11-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by SueSew
Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
she uses 54 inch wide PFD fabric and cuts it the opposite way so she can get 3 FQs across the width of the fabric without any waste.
if she cut it the traditional way she would have 10 inches of waste for every width she cut.
as far as some off and some not, she didn't account for shrinking when she cut the fabric for dyeing. even PFD shrinks during the process - the up side is the fabric has been put through so much it won't shrink on you.
as far as a standard, i always believed there was one but lately there has been a number of complaints on the board that people aren't getting the exact size any longer.
if she cut it the traditional way she would have 10 inches of waste for every width she cut.
as far as some off and some not, she didn't account for shrinking when she cut the fabric for dyeing. even PFD shrinks during the process - the up side is the fabric has been put through so much it won't shrink on you.
as far as a standard, i always believed there was one but lately there has been a number of complaints on the board that people aren't getting the exact size any longer.
What is PFD?
Thanks for the enlightenment on hand-dyes.
PFD prepared for dying.
07-12-2011, 05:42 AM
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Thank you all - Lessons learned on this project for sure - hand dyes fats have selvage vertical or horizontal, not all fat quarters created equal, beware when doing a pattern 'designed for 18 different colors of fat quarters' which would have been better made from 18 leftovers...And I have still to sew the 18" (hah) strips into 18" striped sets and then cut them into 8 1/2 inch blocks...and then hope they square up.
I don't think I will ever have 'learned to quilt' if I live another 20 years and every project shows me how much farther I have to go but I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
I don't think I will ever have 'learned to quilt' if I live another 20 years and every project shows me how much farther I have to go but I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!
07-18-2011, 05:14 AM
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FYI I emailed the shop I bought the fabric from and explained the problem, and she offered right away to send me a refund for everything I had purchased, sight unseen, which is quite a handsome offer. - I declined as I had figured out how to use most of it somehow, just not strip-pieced and vertical. Alls well. :)
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