Originally Posted by
klswift
Today's printed fabric can be as far as an inch off! If you want a real challenge, try working in a fabric store and explaining why your straight cut doesn't look straight many times a week! Whenever I am using one of those, I use it in a pattern where it doesn't matter at all. It won't work to try to force it to look straight.
And having to explain why you cut their plaids and checks with scissors instead of the rotate cutter.