Quote Originally Posted by BobW View Post
I have only purchased at Wal-Mart once. It was a slow process, but the fabric was cut properly. I went into my LQS a few weeks ago to buy backing for a top I had finished. There was a new clerk in the store and the owner wasn't there (which is unusual). The new clerk measured out the material I asked for and then snipped a small cut in the fabric and tore it. I was 18 inches shorter on one side that the other. I asked her to measure and cut it again. She said there was enough material there so I should just take it. I took the material and went back the next day and spoke with the owner and she cut the fabric correctly and gave me my money back.

I went in the other day and bought some more fabric and the "New" clerk cut the fabric instead of ripping it.
Wow...just tore it? And at a LQS? Wow...can't believe that! Why would she do that? You were nicer than I would have been. Fabric at LQS is expensive and if I was paying that much, I"d have told her cut another piece or I'm not taking it. It seems to me that tearing it like that would also stretch the fibers and thread to make the rest of the fabric wonky. Weird!