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That's my kind of woman. I love her for being so...LOGICAL!

"My" Walmart is always careful when cutting, and I always let them know how much I appreciate that. I mean careful in a good way, not that they give me more than I pay for, but that they are always careful to cut the fabric correctly.

The LQS, on the other hand, has cut one length at the beginning of a cut and 3 - 4 inches shorter at the end of the cut - which is significant enough to make you come up short on fabric for a quilt.

I don't need to get more than I pay for, but I do want and need to get what I am paying for.

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Originally Posted by Jates

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Originally Posted by BKrenning

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Originally Posted by bearisgray

I think Palencia is a cotton/polyester blend - it's usually on the same wall as the cotton bolts.

It's nice fabric - but you might want to check on the fiber content.

I was thinking the same thing. I bought some years ago for one of my first quilts and didn't know any better. The needle would hit it just wrong and cause it to run like pantyhose almost. Please double-check the fabric content or try a burn test on it.

What is the "burn test"? I inherited some fabric from my MIL and some are questionable whether they are 100% cotton. I can sometimes tell by the smell of them when they are ironed. The cotton/polyester blend material has a bad smell to it. I would love to know another method to tell the difference.

If I have several pieces to test, I light a candle.

Cut a small piece of fabric - only 1/4 x 1 inch is big enough - hold it with tweezers in the flame -

If it has black smoke and/or leaves a crispy ash or sticky residue, it contains polyester, nylon, or dacron.

The residue stays HOT a lot longer than cotton or wool ash.

Cotton (and wool) burns with white smoke or no smoke, and leaves a soft ash that powders in ones fingers.

Wool has a "burn feather" smell.

Rayon is made of wood pulp - and that also burns with a soft powdery ash.

That's great! Lucky you!!

That was nice of her. :)

The WalMart in Tampa does the same thing plus I also got a smile from the cutter.

At most places I have gone they cut long.

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Originally Posted by j

And now people from walmart will see this and tell their people about it and make sure it never happens again. Sometimes we should keep quiet. - J

Amen!

It is not the store but rather the employee cutting the fabric that makes the difference. I have learned to watch the cutter like a hawk.