Shawl Every Day 2021 - Day 43 - Quilting fabric precuts

Fabric for quilting obviously comes in yards, typically 40-44” wide and cut from a long bolt of fabric. But that can get pricey if you want a larger variety of fabrics in smaller sizes. There are various precuts available, which are yardages of fabric cut into standard sizes and typically bundled up in a kit. Often designers put together a kit with coordinating fabrics, so you don’t have to pick out all the fabrics yourself.

Common precut sizes:

• Mini Charm - 2 1/2” squares

• Charm - 5” squares

• Jelly Roll - 2 1/2” strips that are each width of fabric

• Jolly Bar - 5” x 10” rectangles

• Layer Cake - 10” square

• Fat Eighth Bundle - 9” x 21” rectangles

• Fat Quarter Bundle - 18” x 21” rectangles

• Half Yard Bundle - 18” x width of fabric rectangles

Pictured: top - fat quarter bundle, bottom left - mini charm, bottom right - jelly roll

Shawl pattern is Light in Shadows by Milja Uimonen