My biggest pet peeve is the amount of fabric I get gypped out of by crooked cuts from the clerk.
I always 2-thread overcast all of my fabric, following just the cut line, before washing & drying.
I press on my 2'x5' board that I made for my ironing board. This has a gridded ruler on it done by half inch squares.
I can lose up to 3" on a cut of fabric!
There is the cut that is long on both ends but makes a half-moon in the middle.
Then there is the cut that starts at the botton on the selvedge and travels downhill to the fold. This give me the upside down half-moon.
Some of the cuts are so jagged they look like they used pinking shears that were missing a few teeth. GRRR!
Joyce