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I wish sellers on Ebay would bog off with their fat quarters!

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MrsWinnibago · 15/08/2014 00:34

I know good fabric is expensive but GOSH it annoys me that they automatically sell them in FQ all the time at three pounds a pop!

Just list it priced per metre fgs!

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wishmynamewasdave · 15/08/2014 00:42

I'm very much with you on this - so frustrating!

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dawnlight · 15/08/2014 00:42

I have fat quarters, but I doubt I could sell them on ebay.

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MrsWinnibago · 15/08/2014 00:44

I think they do it because for a moment things look cheap "Ooh look at that! only three quid!" and then you realise it's a FQ and what? Do they think you'll go "Oh well...no matter...I'll pay 12 for a METRE of that anyway!"

Nope!

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OwlCapone · 15/08/2014 15:34

Surely it's actually just a quarter? Where does the fat part come in?

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moggle · 15/08/2014 15:40

It is fat because it isn't 25cm across the whole width of the fabric (so you'd have a bit of fabric 25x110cm or something, pretty useless). It's 50cm across half the width, so you get about 50x55cm, much more useful things you can do with it.

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TunipTheUnconquerable · 15/08/2014 15:41

A fat quarter is one that's cut to 50cm x half the width of the fabric, rather than 25cm x the whole width of the fabric. It's how quilters prefer to buy their fabric.

And as far as the OP goes, IKWYM.

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moggle · 15/08/2014 15:41

I often buy FQs of fabric though so I quite like that it's an option :-P At least they don't charge a premium for less, ie usually it's a quarter of the price of a metre. (unlike spoonflower, grr)

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TunipTheUnconquerable · 15/08/2014 15:42

x-posts!

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OwlCapone · 15/08/2014 16:08

So, technically, it's not fat it's tall...? :o

Thanks :) it does make sense to have a large "square" rather than a strip.

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LatteLady · 16/08/2014 08:17

Remember that FQs is a quilting term, and frankly £3 per quarter is pretty standard as a metre of Moda cotton etc is usually £11.95 +

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stealthsquiggle · 17/08/2014 22:51

I'm with you, OP. When I am looking for cheap fabric Scrooge that I am it messes up all the sorting as it's not until you go into a "fabric by the metre" listing that you can see that the headline price is for a fat quarter, not a metre, and you can't find the genuinely cheap fabric in amongst all the FQs.