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Originally Posted by rjwilder
(Post 5206989)
I'm with you, I stand there and watch them like a hawk. Then I take the piece and place the folded edge to the selvedge and if it isn't the same width I ask them to remeasure and recut if it isn't 9" at both the fold and selvedge. I also have taken back fabric thay isn't cut properly or shrinks and twists so badly when washed it's not even near 9". JoAnn's is famous for sloppy cutting in my town, plus the gals are a bit rude. My LQS usually overcuts by a few inches or throws in the last few inches on the bolt instead of offering them to me at 50% off.
My LQS's are so good - very careful and accurate. Internet purchases not always so lucky. Once, ordering online from a shop way out in Maine somewhere, I got the most perfect cuts and one fabric was a stripe. I was in heaven! It was more than $1 a yard more (they were the only ones on earth with this fabric but the whole order was straight, perfect, complete. |
Originally Posted by Neesie
(Post 5207011)
If I need 9" of fabric, I NEVER get just 1/4 yard. 1/3 yard just costs a smidgen more. Even getting a 1/3, you have to watch to see that both ends are cut straight.
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I agree, Joann's is pretty sloppy with their cutting. One time the guy cut it so bad he offered to recut it for me. When you buy a quarter yard, you should get a quarter yard, and shouldn't have to buy extra because they are so tight with fabric.
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If I request 1/4 of a yard - I am, of course, happy to get 'extra - but if it's 9 inches long - WOF - I'm in no position to complain.
I usually do buy extra - to allow for shrinkage or wonkiness caused by the fabric being put on the bolt askew. But it isn't up to the store to 'compensate' for what the fabric does after it leaves the place. |
I have the same problem when I buy fabric at Hancock and Joann's. Some of the cutters will give you maybe an inch more than requested, which still doesn't allow enough for the uneven fabric. There is one fabric store in my area that uses a ruler and a rotary cutter to cut the fabric, I rarely go there because the fabric is very expensive, although I love the store.
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Worked at the cutting table in Joanns and we always straighten the end if not straight and wrote off the amount cut off. Loved working with the fabric and the customers and was called.alot for problem solving from coworkers since they knew I was a quilter
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Last time when I was at Joann's I asked for the fabric to be torn. I was told that they do not do that. When I asked why not. Was told "Company Policy". I think no matter where you purchase your fabric you need to be proactive and make sure the cutters know what you want. BrendaK
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buying fabric in a quilt shop gives a better cut
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Originally Posted by Grace creates
(Post 5212780)
buying fabric in a quilt shop gives a better cut
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That's where you have to pay attention to how they are laying the fabric out and cutting it. Too many of use are so busy multi tasking that we don't pay attention. I'm guilty of that too sometimes. I try to better in stores where I've had issues or don't know or Walmarts where you never know who is coming to cut the fabric. I've also found that some of the precut fat 1/4 are the same way so I unfold them to check if they are square. It's my money so I need to protect it and if they have to refold it then they should have been more careful in the past. I only check in stores where the fat 1/4 weren't right. We have a LQS here that no longer cuts fat 1/4 or 1/8 pieces. They have some precut but they sell alot of apparell fabric so they stopped cutting them; only 1/4 or 1/8 WOF there.
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