Originally Posted by QKO
Had a similar experience.
wanted the whole bolt,clerk said"this just came in this morning nothing cut off this bolt so it is the full 20 yds"
"So I won't bother taking it all off the bolt and rewrapping."
no problem paid for the 20yds and left
well get home and start unrolling and cutting only to find that there are only 12 yds on the bolt!
Owners response" how do we know you didn't cut some off?"
lost my business!
some of the LQS should close!
I don't know of any fabrics that are put up in 20 yard bolts for stores. We get 10's and 15's (which is the most prevelant), and some companies, like Quilting Treasures, put up 12's.
But I've never heard of 20 yard bolts, except for some battings, like Insulbrite..
Robert Kaufman does some Kona Cottons on 20-yard put-ups.
We actually weigh every bolt coming through the door. That helps us to catch the times when a bolt is short (or long). If the weight seems off, we count the wraps... and if that still is off, then we unroll and measure it. After a while, you can almost tell just by lifting the bolt, if something is amiss.
If you're ever going to buy a full bolt at a store, and you don't want to wait for it to be all unrolled, measured, and re-rolled, at least you should count the wraps. Two wraps = one yard (approximately).