Is it just me or does anyone else get aggrevated....
09-04-2010, 11:12 AM
#51
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Originally Posted by bluadept
Originally Posted by MaggieLou
Originally Posted by Quiltforme
there is a lady at joanns I will wait till someone else is free she is notorious for not cutting staring and tearing the fabric! Cannot stand it just waist.
09-04-2010, 11:25 AM
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I had an issue with this same thing very recently!
Had a lady cutting my fabric with scissors and trying to only give me exactly on the line...except she was not holding the fabric still while cutting!
I had to ask her to measure the end opposite to her, and sure enough it was too narrow.
I kept watching with every cut and would even place my hand on the corner in front of me, to help her keep it lined up accurately.
Needless to say, it was a nerve wracking experience from start to finish!!!
If your using a rotary cutter and ruler...ok, give me EXACTLY what I asked for.
If your using scissors, I think since none of us is perfect, add a scrawny 1/4" to be fair to the customer!
Who wants to have to hunt down more fabric bc they are short by a fraction of an inch...that they paid for.
Had a lady cutting my fabric with scissors and trying to only give me exactly on the line...except she was not holding the fabric still while cutting!
I had to ask her to measure the end opposite to her, and sure enough it was too narrow.
I kept watching with every cut and would even place my hand on the corner in front of me, to help her keep it lined up accurately.
Needless to say, it was a nerve wracking experience from start to finish!!!
If your using a rotary cutter and ruler...ok, give me EXACTLY what I asked for.
If your using scissors, I think since none of us is perfect, add a scrawny 1/4" to be fair to the customer!
Who wants to have to hunt down more fabric bc they are short by a fraction of an inch...that they paid for.
09-04-2010, 11:25 AM
#53
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I even pointed out very tactfully and sweet that "don't u feel like this fabric is a little off here?" but they still say it's straight over here or nope ! And go on cutting!! That is my pet peeve with fabric!
09-04-2010, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cosyquilter
Yeah,irritating. I was in a shop a while back, got 4 yds. Obviously, the bolt had been cut wonky. The clerk laid it straight on the table, needed to cut almost 3 inches off to make a straight cut. I told her If she just measured from the straight, she didn't need to cut off the wonky part. "OH, no, no way, I couldn't do that." So she cut it, then THREW THE WONKY PART IN THE TRASH!!
Way back when...I worked in a place and had to watch big trays full of great food get dumped in the trash!
I hate waste and there's not much in this world the mouse hates.
that was just gringy-stingy! :?
That's what I love about the people on here...very kind and generous :XD:
09-04-2010, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by raptureready
I bought some panels once at Walmart, curtain panels. I told the girl I wanted 14 of them then I said, I'll be back and went to look at more fabric. When I came back she'd cut 8 of them straight across the folded fabric and ruined them. Then she got upset when I refused to take them. I said, "Okay, you obviously haven't been shown how to cut fabric, you ruined them beyond what I can use and I'm supposed to overlook that and take them? No, this isn't going to happen. What is going to happen is I'm going to show you how to cut in the future." and I did. I was able to salvage enough and found another bolt so I got what I wanted.
09-04-2010, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Linda B
Bearisgray: Losing so much to fraying in the wash is exactly why I hand wash all my fabric in the kitchen sink now. There will still be some stringies, by NOTHING like the wad you get from a washing machine. What I wish I had was an old fashioned wringer!!
09-04-2010, 01:44 PM
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Originally Posted by JCquilts
It always bugs me at Hancocks when the measure the end of the bold to the inch and charge me for it...
09-04-2010, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by np3
Just curious, why are you offended when fabric is torn? The tear is on the grain......
09-04-2010, 02:59 PM
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The mill is not the ones that get fabric on the bolts misaligned and pulled off grain. It is the distributor. The mills send the fabrics on 3000 yard rolls. When the distrubutor receives and bolts the fabric on 15 yard put ups, this is when the fabric gets pulled out of whack. As the fabric is rolled around the bolt and the fabric builds up, it starts to get pulled more to one side than the other. When the fabric store receives the bolt, and doesn't correct this right off, the entire bolt can be cut off kilter, causing each cut to be 2-4 inches off. Most fabric stores are not very knowledgable about this fact, so don't square up their bolts first hand.
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