Pocket Guide to Fabric Pre-Cuts

By Shari Shobe

Don’t begin another project without this resourceful and compact pocket guide! Learn everything you need to know about pre-cuts, how to use them, and all of the advantages! From understanding common and trademarked names of pre-cut fabrics and their sizes to the typical number of pre-cuts in the bundles, all their uses,

• Language: English
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Release date: Jul 18, 2023
• ISBN: 9781637412381

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The August 2023 Kaffe Fassett Collective for Free Spirit 20-piece 6" strip roll in Hot.

POCKET GUIDE TO FABRIC PRE-CUTS

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Managing Editor: Gretchen Bacon

Acquisitions Editor: Amelia Johanson

Editor: Sherry Vitolo

Designer: Wendy Reynolds

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Print ISBN 978-1-63981-029-1

eISBN 978-1-63741-238-1

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023935003

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Introduction

Quilters love their fabric, and when it comes to pre-cuts—stacks, rolls, and bundles of fabric coordinates, each piece cut to a specific measurement or shape—they can’t get enough.

No one seems to agree on whom to credit for first cutting Fat Quarters, arguably the first and most common type of pre-cut, but they’ve been around a pretty long time. Moda fabrics, however, can take credit for jumpstarting a pre-cut craze a quarter century ago. They introduced Moda Charm Packs® (5 squares) and invented the Jelly Roll® (2½ strips) copyrighting both names along with Layer Cakes® (10 squares), Dessert Rolls® (5 strips), and other cuts. There is even a National Sew a Jelly Roll Day celebrated every third Saturday