rotary pinking blades to prevent fabric raveling - question for users
09-03-2012, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster
I haven't heard of anyone using the pinking blades for cutting their blocks. Wouldn't the pinked edges make it harder to line up the blocks while piecing, and harder to get a <scant> 1/4" seam?
I have found that some fabrics ravel a lot more than others, and they're usually the fabrics with a looser weave. Homespuns do this a lot. I wonder if starching helps prevent the raveling. Fray check works for applique, but you wouldn't want to put it on every seam in a quilt.
I have found that some fabrics ravel a lot more than others, and they're usually the fabrics with a looser weave. Homespuns do this a lot. I wonder if starching helps prevent the raveling. Fray check works for applique, but you wouldn't want to put it on every seam in a quilt.
09-04-2012, 02:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Marcia_PA
Thank you for your responses. I guess a pinking blade isn't in my future for cutting fabric for blocks. I think I'll try more starch in the fabric for the next project and try trimming each block as I go, as ckcowl suggested. As bearisgray noted, the more handling of the block, the more raveling 
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