Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Back in the day that's how it was done whenever you bought fabric. Nowadays some are totally against it, others don't mind. I'm in the "don't mind" group. :)
I agree. I am old enough to remember the stores, like Penney's, that used those neat measuring devices and then ripped the fabric. The way so many fabrics are wrapped on the bolts, you lose a lot of fabric when you straighten it.