Where are the 108" wide fabrics in JoAnn's?
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: altus oklahoma
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well i guess that explains the mess they made of my wide muslin i bought last time then it looked like someone drunk had cut it and i really didnt notice that at the store just when i got home and started using it but i always buy extra anyway so it wasnt a big deal but wow what if i hadnt. sometimes i cut wrong so unless a fabric is just really expensive i always get extra and then i just have some let for my stash.
carla
carla
#14
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
Posts: 2,090
I am glad that my local chain store offers to tear wider fabrics. At least I know it is on the straight grain.
I have also had the staff check the cut end to make sure it is straight, before cutting my yardage.
Years ago I bought a woven plaid, no excuse at all for being off grain when you have a line to follow. The cut end of the fabric was 12 inches off. This was at Walmart and the cutter had to come from the shoe department. She was not a sewer, but when I pointed out how off the cut was, she measured from the short edge.
I have also had the staff check the cut end to make sure it is straight, before cutting my yardage.
Years ago I bought a woven plaid, no excuse at all for being off grain when you have a line to follow. The cut end of the fabric was 12 inches off. This was at Walmart and the cutter had to come from the shoe department. She was not a sewer, but when I pointed out how off the cut was, she measured from the short edge.
#17
Wow Karen - Consider writing their home office and raise a major stink. A foot off is horrible to not get some compensation out of it. I am very careful when i buy from JoAnn's anymore because they are more concerned about not giving up one single extra inch of fabric instead of making sure it's straight. I always buy an extra 1/8 to 1/4 yd to make sure, but that would not have even been enough.
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