This is a reply for you all!. A huge thank you! It’s so nice to come to fellow quilters and receive reinforcement that others have gone through dealing with this too. I have ripped fabric. I’ve ended up tossing a piece, just recently out. A directional, I think I’ll stay away totally from stripes and plaids. Fortunately I don’t have much of those in my stash. That would solve some problems. It makes sense to use problematic fabrics in smaller pieces, I had not thought of that solution to not waste the fabric.
I feel better about the whole issue so I appreciate you all very much!