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08-05-2010, 07:11 PM
#181
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Originally Posted by OdessaQuilts
Originally Posted by quiltlin
I'm fine with 18 x 11 but I always thought a fat 8th was 9x22. I used to work in a quilt store and this is what we cut. Since I haven't bought my fabric yet and haven't cut it I'm good. Am going shopping next week to get the fabric.
"FAT EIGHTH: An 1/8-yard piece of 44/45" fabric that is cut in differently than a traditional 1/8-yard cut, which measures 4-1/2" x 44". To get a fat eighth, a traditional 1/4-yard piece of fabric (9" x 44") is cut in half crosswise, yielding two 9" x 22" pieces, each of which is a "fat" eight yard."
HTH,
Odessa
Edited to add: If you cut a half yard piece {18" x 44"}, cut in half along the crease {18" x 22"}, then cut in half again in the same direction {18" x 11"}, then you will also have 1/i yard of fabric in your cuts. You ought to be able to get 8 pieces from a yard if you do it this way, too, and I don't know that anyone really cares which way it's cut, as long as they have a decent size piece to work with.
08-05-2010, 07:37 PM
#182
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Reading, PA
Posts: 503
Originally Posted by hoppyfrog
Originally Posted by OdessaQuilts
Originally Posted by quiltlin
I'm fine with 18 x 11 but I always thought a fat 8th was 9x22. I used to work in a quilt store and this is what we cut. Since I haven't bought my fabric yet and haven't cut it I'm good. Am going shopping next week to get the fabric.
"FAT EIGHTH: An 1/8-yard piece of 44/45" fabric that is cut in differently than a traditional 1/8-yard cut, which measures 4-1/2" x 44". To get a fat eighth, a traditional 1/4-yard piece of fabric (9" x 44") is cut in half crosswise, yielding two 9" x 22" pieces, each of which is a "fat" eight yard."
HTH,
Odessa
Edited to add: If you cut a half yard piece {18" x 44"}, cut in half along the crease {18" x 22"}, then cut in half again in the same direction {18" x 11"}, then you will also have 1/i yard of fabric in your cuts. You ought to be able to get 8 pieces from a yard if you do it this way, too, and I don't know that anyone really cares which way it's cut, as long as they have a decent size piece to work with.
08-05-2010, 08:19 PM
#183
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Northwest Georgia
Posts: 3,272
Mine are already cut to 18x11 too, since that's what the instructions in the first post say. Hopefully that's right, because I can't afford to buy more of the fabric at the moment. :? (I could buy SO much more fabric if we didn't have those pesky little things like house payments, power bills, etc! LOL!)
1) You will select a fabric or selection of fabrics from your stash (or you can buy new-up to you) and cut them in to Fat Eighths (18 x 11).
08-06-2010, 06:19 AM
#185
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Spanish Fort, AL
Posts: 498
I'm sorry to have started a fire storm....and in my first swap. Was just wondering about the difference in measurements. It all adds up to the same amount of fabric, just a different configuration. 11x18 is what I'll be cutting and sending. I'm looking forward to this swap and I'm really not a difficult person to get along with!!!!:)
08-06-2010, 06:24 AM
#186
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Location: cleveland ohio
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Originally Posted by quiltlin
I'm sorry to have started a fire storm....and in my first swap. Was just wondering about the difference in measurements. It all adds up to the same amount of fabric, just a different configuration. 11x18 is what I'll be cutting and sending. I'm looking forward to this swap and I'm really not a difficult person to get along with!!!!:)
08-06-2010, 06:29 AM
#187
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Location: in my studio up to my chin in fabric
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