Our Joann's has the table with the groove in it. It lines up with the yard stick stuck on the table. Edey

Thanks for bringing this up. I thought I was the only one getting cheated at the fabric stores these days. It drives me crazy that they never actually manage to cut a straight or even clean line at the chain stores where I live and then the measure it down to the centemeter on top of that. I have been tempted to ask about the cutting policy but don't really want to get kicked out of the store and embarrass my kids.

I remember that machine. They had them at Hesteds and Woolworths when I was little. I loved to watch them measure and cut fabric. My mom was always careful to watch to see if they cut it right. The grooves in the table came next. That was cool to but the tearing of the fabric drove me nuts. i would have to ask them to cut it not tear it. I was not always popular there.

I never did understand the logic of tearing the fabric because it seemed to distort it, beside having such a ragged edge. Yeah, it's fast but what's the rush with cutting it? It only takes a few seconds more.  Edey