I just have to share this with you all....my Mom was a tailor/seamstress extraordinaire: I never saw the woman break a sweat over ANYTHING until she was about to take scissors to a $36 per yard irreplaceable silk piece (it was bought in China by her customer)...she whined over that enough to make me think that material that expensive would NEVER cross my cutting table and cause me that much anxiety...and that was at least 40 years ago!!! And by the way, the custom made ladies suit she ended up making was beautiful! I don't believe I have EVER paid that kind of money for a yard of material...so at my house, it's all fair game! Cut it if it requires!