RUSewing

Yes, my first job after I married was in the fabric dept of a very nice store. We used the machine to measure yardage, then added a few inches, cut, then ripped it.

(I still do nip & rip occ. It's the only way to get a true straight of grain unless you want to "pull a thread" [remember that from Home Ec.]).

Taffkat

Yep, Mary Jo's in Gastonia North Carolina still does it. I just hate the "strings" that hang off it.

Katt

Yooper32

One LQS that I go to occasionally rips the fabric. I do not like that method, much prefer it be cut.

asmmauer

I use to work in a fabric store and it was snip and rip on cotton fabrics only it would rip on grain line.

Pzazz

Another "rememberer" here. I cringe every time they cut and I can see that they are not cutting straight. There is also less fraying on a ripped edge than on a cut one...and I am also a pre-washer. :D

Patti

cindyg

Heck, I still rip. I rip my borders lengthwise and I also rip my binding strips. I then cut off the edges slightly. At least this way I know it's straight. And, darn it, I remember buying fabric at JC Penney's and Sears, too. That was in the dark ages.

Sienna's GiGi

They did that to my fabric in Germany. The lady clipped then ripped it off the bolt everytime I go for fabric.

lynn7448

What about when you rip across the grain? Is there more or less fraying than cut material?

Pzazz

When they snip and rip, they are ripping across the grain.

Patti

gmavis

Oh, I so remember. I also remember pulling a string so that you had a line to cut by. Maybe the material couldn't be ripped? These from Home Ec. in highschool and also from 4-H.