I bought some panels once at Walmart, curtain panels. I told the girl I wanted 14 of them then I said, I'll be back and went to look at more fabric. When I came back she'd cut 8 of them straight across the folded fabric and ruined them. Then she got upset when I refused to take them. I said, "Okay, you obviously haven't been shown how to cut fabric, you ruined them beyond what I can use and I'm supposed to overlook that and take them? No, this isn't going to happen. What is going to happen is I'm going to show you how to cut in the future." and I did. I was able to salvage enough and found another bolt so I got what I wanted.

Our local Joann's is the same way but I actually request them to cut it along the lines. They may look at me funny but they do it.

i quit going to one lqs,because she uses electric scissors, and the cuts are always bad..
and it is NOT because she has a disability, she just says it is faster..i would rather she use a ruler and cutter. (like the other 2 lqs' that i go to do)
Joanns drives me crazy too, but they are not to bad...

My Jo Ann's is notorious for cutting carelessly. It is one of the reasons I rarely shop there. It was just too aggrivating, getting less than a usable yard is not good value.

Very aggravating.

I can remember back in the 70's it was routine to always cut 3" extra to account for out of straight cuts and designs in fabric. Those days are long gone. I guess now we are supposed ask and pay for extra to account for it. :roll:

I've not had a problem at our local Joann's yet. Usually they are very eager to please for some reason.

I always let the shop know (if I don't notice right away)that my fabric was cut stupid. I don't like to waste money and not have enough of an expensive fabric because of the store's mistake.

I worked Fabrics in Wal Mart for several years. When working with a Patchwork pattern or a panel or anything that had a line pattern to it, I would always cut along the line closest to the yardage. You cut one side along the line of the fabric to the fold and then turn the bolt over and cut the other side on the line so that the customer would get a straight cut according to the panel or pattern design. I think this makes just good sense.

Just curious, why are you offended when fabric is torn? The tear is on the grain......