Originally Posted by Tippy
I have shopped at fabric stores that tear yardages exclusively..and I won't shop at those any more. I know it tears straight on the grain of the fabric, but it just goes against my grain. I bought fake fur at a place that insisted on tearing it... I was left with 3" of unusable fabric because it stretched the knitted backing and distorted it horribly.. just my preference.
i agree. it tears straight on the lengthwise grain, but not always on the cross grain. and you cannot force it into square no matter what you do. first washing or wetting, it's right back to off-grain on the crossgrain. i always request cutting and if they won't i can't shop there. too much wastage. that's why you always have to square up fabric on the cutting mat before you start measuring. to get rid of that crooked edge.