Originally Posted by dhanke
Tearing the fabric gives you a true on grain edge, but unless they give you at least a couple of inches of "fudge", you lose some fabric when you trim off the torn bit. When I need a smaller piece of fabric from a large piece in my stash I always tear it.
if they always TEAR then your fabric does not need the "FUDGE" factor..it is when one person cuts and the the next one goes to tear that you could lose some on the cut end...cutting does NOT happen on the true grain of the fabric..tearing does!