Is this common ?
#161
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 501
Originally Posted by rona thickpenny
my local store rips and although I have asked very nisely to please cut it ,refused . it means you loose 1/4 inh each end of your fabric!
#163
Originally Posted by Quilter7x
Does tearing fabric distort it? Can you tell I haven't done it! :lol:
#164
The fabric is going to be washed when you get it home, so any distortions come out in the wash. I prefer ripped due to the straight of grain. One reason, I heard years ago was ripping caused a lot of dust and that was not good for those that worked in the cutting area. I have also seen fabrics (very few athat were 3,4 or more off center. Alot of places allowed up to an extra inch if they were tearing, but it cuts into there costs at the end of the year - it does add up.
#165
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Homer, Alaska
Posts: 72
My local fabric store ripped the edge stating it was on the straight of the grain and you get a more accurate 1 yard and the 1/4 inch cut off of the brused edge - but you will find that your fabric is more likely to be much straighter in the long run when you start to cut stripes etc.
#168
All of the quilt stores around here use a rotary cutter and I personally like that. We were visiting Durango, CO and I visited the local quilt store and I was shocked when they ripped away at the fabric I bought. They said it is a straighter cut this way as far as the grain was concerned. Well, give me crooked grain then!!!
#170
Tearing will keep the fabric on the straight of grain. I would prefer it if my fabric stores tore the fabric but they don't. It is so frustrating trying to square up the fabric and end up losing a few inches because it was cut off kilter.
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