Chaney Ranch

Is there anyway to prevent all the fraying when Prewashing fabric and all the tangled knots when drying it? Thanks for your suggestions!

grammy of 6

You can pink the edges.

Misty's Mom

I serge the edges. Makes my serger feel needed ☺️

bearisgray

I set the stitch width for narrow and the stitch length long..

I use the 3-thtread serging- and it is fairly easy to remove the stitching if one wants to reclaim that 1/8 inch or so of fabric.

QuiltingHaven

Pinking the cut edges with a good pinking rotary cutter works wonderfully.

sewingsuz

I also serge the edges. Works a lot better.

azwendyg

Ditto. Serging the edges is the most effective method I've found.

AngeliaNR

I straight stitch the edges.

Lori S

When I did not have a serger I would use a zig zag stitch on the raw edges.... it was a great way to use up odd bobbin colors and old thread.

Mdegenhart

Cut a 1/4 diagonally off each corner. It interrupts the straight lines being able to ravel. I then wash on gentle & dry to still barely damp. Learned this in class & it works great on fat quarters too.