emsgranny

We dont have a Hancocks - sure wish we did!! You are very lucky to have found such great people!!!

I have been told by the clerks in various stores that they have to cut close because of inventory!!! If their number cut dont match sold vs what they received They will get in trouble and lose their jobs!!! Sad really.

I have asked that any fabrics that have a line to be straightened by cutting with scissors not by the cutting edge thats already there and then for the other end to be done the same way!! Alost of times I dont really catch the mismeasurement until I get home ( I do buy alot when I go) I then have to go have fabric remeasured and then get a refund and rebuy it!!! Only a few times I have been accused of taking 2 - 3 inches of a fabric and then bring it back because I found it to be mismeasured!! Needless to say IF I go back there I always make sure fabrics are remeasured!!!

emsgranny

You are very fortunate!! I do know that one clerk will pull at least an inch but the other one is a real stickler lol wish I could remember their schedules lol

I dont have a fabric dept in any of our walmarts I have to go about 70 miles or more round trip...I have found that in
those stores if you go after 5 someone from a different dept is usually one that does the cutting so you can ask for the "extra" Alot of time the full time fabric emplyee is responsible to company policy in order to keep their job status. I guess it shows you just need when and whre to go lol

Favorite Fabrics

Yes, we all do KNOW that fabric will shrink when we pre-wash it. But that is not the fault of the store, or the manufacturer... it is just the nature of the product. Whether we pre-wash or not, that is our choice, after we have made the purchase.

If I buy a pound of ground beef and cook it, there will not be a full 16 ounces left. So should I expect the butcher to give me extra to account for the shrinkage? I think not.

Diana79

Oh yes. When I took my first lessons in 1988, the woman working at the shop (not the owner) was to cut me some 4 in strips.. Well, they were 4 in at the botton, but not on top, and as a result, when I tried to finish the quilt top, it didn't match.. I still have it in the plastic box, and it's not yet done... However, I did find some material that seemed to match, (at another store, just last year,) and put it on top of the pile... I have still to finish it...
At that time, I thought all quilt shops were out for the money, and not give all the material... Since then, they have come out with a better way of cutting, and not leaving it up to someone who doesn't know their...... from a hole in the ground... In Wappingers Falls, I now go to a nice quilt shop, who not only give lessons, (at a good price) but also cuts material, with an extra 'thumb' width.. I go there for most of my needs... The owner does most of the cutting, and is a nice person besides, and very helpful with my questions... I now belong to a guild, and anothe group of 7...

ShirlinAZ

I recently placed my first order with fabric.com. They advertise a 37" yard. I ordered a single cut of fabric 9 yards long. I received 9 yards + 12 inches. You better believe that I'll order from them again!

Kappy

[A lady purchasing before me wanted 10 yards of a muslin fabric and when it was cut she found well over a yard of it was flawed and stained. The cutter apologized and did not offer to recut the fabric for her but said she'd give her another cut for the amount she wasn't able to use. This was for a wholecloth quilt. The poor customer accepted it but was so unhappy and really so flabergasted she just left with the purchase trying to hide her tears. There was no way she could cut the flaws and stains out and sew on the other fabric to make the wholecloth quilt look acceptable. I felt awful for her.

I really wish you would have given the customer a little nudge and told her not to accept it. Some people just become over-whelmed and don't know what to do. I could just see my Mom in a situation like that, she would never have "dared" to say anything.... oh she would have cried, but she would never have said anything!

cattailsquilts

Exactly. If you know you need 7/8 of a yard for your quilt, don't buy 7/8. Buy 1 yard, or even 1 & 1/4 yard. You know it will shrink, it is the nature of the beast.

But if I order 1 yard, I expect one yard. This is why I rarely buy from JoAnns. I too have experienced the staff member who measures from the long side of the crooked cut, leaving me short 1/8 yard or more.

Then again, this is *also* why I add at least 1/4 - 1/2 yard to the amount I need to purchase. a) it accounts for crooked cuts, b) it accounts for flaws (hoping there aren't any), c) it gives me extra for the inevitable mis-cut that *I* will make while cutting my pieces. And, of course, d) it gives me a little extra for my stash. :-)

janjer

I have noticed that some cutters who are not familar with the ways of handling fabric will pull the edge tight to stretch the fabric between the markings. I have on occasion ask them to remeasure before they cut and not to stretch the edge. Sometimes it is less than an inch, sometimes more. It seems the young cutters at the big stores are the worst about doing this. Maybe no one ever bothered to explain the correct way to measure fabric.

DirtyPaw

That is just not right. You should get what you pay for in my world.

DirtyPaw

Oh I forgot has anyone heard of a "bakers dozen". That is where you get 13 instead of 12 because back in the dark ages someone would cut your arm off if you did not get a dozen of whatever you paid for. That is extreme I know but it is the truth...