I buy my batting on a roll and again as someone mentioned, its folded in half. I have my attached to a rod in my rafters as my sewing room is in the basement. I have it just over my cutting table so when I need to pull some down I release the straight pin holding it from coming down on its own. I acquired a long metal shop ruler and shop clamps to hold the ruler across my cutting table as I cut across it. My cutting table is 4' x 8' so can't reach across it even on the shorter side. The ruler gives me a clean, straight cut too. Also I can see when I might need to order another roll by having it up where I can see it all the time. Plus I didn't have anywhere else to stash it when I didn't need any batting.