Originally Posted by cjsparks
If you watch at Joann's and some of the other big box stores, they cut at the amount you request. But how do youu know that the first edge is square...generally not. I have purchased fabric at several different lqs and they will add just a little for this reason. They want their customers to be satisfied and know there is nothing worse than to be a little short of fabric.
I just had this very conversation w/ the cutting gal @ Joanns the other day. I noticed when she got ready to cut the one end was all messed up, I requested that it be squared up first, she did so but if you don't say anything you end up paying for a piece that's unusable-at least for me because I don't have the patience's for those tiny strips.
Yes I learned the hard way fat quarters aren't really fat quarters..