LQS Won't Cut Fat Quarters?
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Utah
Posts: 2,097
Where I worked, we were always glad to cut fat quarters for a customer. It's just good customer service. We also had Fat Quarter Friday, where the Fat Quarters were on sale. That way we don't accumulate too many. But yes, Fat Quarters generally cost a little more than regular 1/4 yd cuts. So it's more economical to buy a regular 1/4 yd when it will work for you.
#14
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 9,585
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 17,861
Yes ...... and here in Ontari-ari-ari-oooooo!
Though, now I cannot remember which LQS'.
When you showed your shock, did they give you any hint as to their rationale?
A thought ....... perhaps they don't want to use space in the LQS for selling/display of the FQ pre-cuts. Plus FQ displays can be messy after quilters paw their way through them, and leave their rejects behind, or misfiled. A big labour requirement to tend to them.
Though, now I cannot remember which LQS'.
When you showed your shock, did they give you any hint as to their rationale?
A thought ....... perhaps they don't want to use space in the LQS for selling/display of the FQ pre-cuts. Plus FQ displays can be messy after quilters paw their way through them, and leave their rejects behind, or misfiled. A big labour requirement to tend to them.
Last edited by QuiltE; 02-06-2022 at 10:12 AM.
#17
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 990
I'm not too surprised. I have been in shops that won't cut less than a meter. If I kind of like a fabric and can't find a fat quarter already cut I will ask. If they won't cut it, that is my cue to decide if I like the fabric enough to buy a half meter or if I walk away.
#20
Super Member
Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: northern minnesota
Posts: 2,480
The shops around here do not cut fat quarters for you, but they do sell the pre-packaged fat quarter bundles, or they will cut there left over ends of bolts into fat quarters, or the leftovers from yardage they use in making their shop samples, or fabric kits. I love fat quarter bundles but find they are way expensive usually compared to yardage even when they are "on sale". The explanation I have been given is that they take too much in labor costs to make. So, I will buy a half yard and make my own fat quarters