Originally Posted by annettesews
Just a note/comment. fabrics are wet printed today and are NOT printed straight on the grain of fabric. I don't tear as I found years ago that in the process of tearing it does distort"damage" the grain for several inches from tear. With Rotary cutters we can use our wonderful runlers and get very accurate cuts. I too remember having fabric measured and torn, but then took it home and had to straighten it out before cutting. Annette Annettesews
Yes, with rotary cutters you can get a very straight cut. It may or may not be on grain though. Fabric is wound on full width tubes after being processed. Then a person loads the tube on to a machine and takes the fabric end and folds it in half and starts it on the bolt. If that person doesn't get the ends exactly straight it'll wind on the bolt crooked.