One of the reasons you can't 'snip and rip' fabric is that so much of it is not 100% cotton anymore. Try to rip polyester....not good. Also, while I know the difference and the reason to rip some, you should see a customers face when you rip fabric! The rough edge really upsets them, they think we are doing something wrong. FYI - this is from a large store, not in your LQS. Most of the customers in an LQS know fabric and trust the employees.