This sounds so bad...

[telophase]

"I'm getting off early to go to that place on Vickery and buy some fat quarters."

Translation:

"I'm getting off early to go by the fabric store on Vickery and buy some quilting fabric."

Comments

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm fat quarters.
They sound deliciouuuus.
I have a bunch of sellers flagged as favourites on etsy who sell fat quarters.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5593282
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=10295
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5166892
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5154544

This place is specifically for quilting and they sell pre-cut squares too!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5587545

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5947315
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5100699
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5913979
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6222746
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5811728

Uhnnnn I hadn't realized what a whore I was for printed fabric. Lots of Amy Butler stuff in there. As soon as I finish selling some stuff and make my boxer shorts (next project!) I'm buying the stuff to make quilt. I want something bright and cheerful!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

They're the perfect size to make kanzashi, because you can make several and then run out of fabric before you get seriously bored with that pattern. XD

*checks links* Oooooh, pretty! :D Omiyage pouches and kanzashi ahoy! :D

*tags with 'kanzashi' to find the links later*

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

specifically, quilt-making fabric in approximately 18x22" lengths, and with only one selvage, versus a regular quarter, which is approximately 9"x44" with two selvages.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Good to know the difference: as I'm using them for non-quilting things, I hadn't the slightest idea what it was. :D

[madame-manga.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's a half-yard cut in two along the middle. Which makes a much better shape for laying out templates than a long skinny full-width quarter yard, so that's how they always sell pre-cut swatches for quilting. (Just picked out nine fat quarters to help make an Asian-style bed throw...)

[mindyklasky.livejournal.com]

And, as a quilter, I read your initial sentence and said, "Gee, I wish I could go too" before I realized the point you were trying to make :-)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

:D

I'd never been to this shop (http://cabbagerosequilting.com/) before, and found it to be fairly large for a neighborhood shop, and packed to the gills with quilting fabric and supplies. I'm making kanzashi instead of quilting, but I had the urge to quilt just walking through the place. XD

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Remnants would probably be good too.