Originally Posted by shaverg
Originally Posted by aliaslaceygreen
(this reference was in response to someone saying that the cutter at joanns only cuts 36 inches when you ask for a yard... how many FREE inches should the cutter give you? and WHO pays for this FREE yardage? (--and if they are being shorted, thats wrong too...and should be corrected....)
Actually, usually you get an inch or two over to allow for the straight of grain, I haven't been to a fabric store yet that every cut was straight. They don't measure and straighten like we do when we sew. They lay it down cut it with a pair scissors or really fast with a rotary cutter, not exact, even with that slit in their table. I bet if I measured every piece of yardage in my stash 99% of it would be 1-2" over a yard. Not asking for enough to make a quilt, just an inch or two for possible previous cutting errors.
and shrinkage when prewashed would be nice. Very frustrating to prewash and then not have enough fabric:(