Originally Posted by
QuiltnLady1
I don't like to have my fabric ripped cross grain because it really distorts. I do tear my borders along the straight of grain because I want them to be a true straight of grain.
This is what I do, too. I would never rip across the grain. But clerks used to always rip fabric. There was a machine on the measuring counter that "nipped" the selvage edge and the clerk ripped from that small cut. (That's how far back I go in buying fabric! Years of making my own clothes).