Quote Originally Posted by craftychris View Post
Now all this is all very amusing and so real. But could someone please explain to me why we buy fabric by the metre and cut in imperial? Is it an Aussie thing or an all over the world thing?
It's the same here in Canada. My guess is because our countries adopted the metric system but the majority of our quilt patterns and notions come from the US where they still use the imperial system. Canadian designers also use inches in their patterns so they can be sold to US quilters. I've seen patterns from Europe where they use metric in their cutting.