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09-28-2015, 02:14 PM

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mom-6

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When you discover your fabric is not straight on grain you can play tug of war diagonally corner to corner with it until it becomes straight.

09-28-2015, 04:48 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Gail B

Salvage or Selvage doesn't make any difference - we all know what ckcowl meant. Don't sweat the small things.

Sorry , I blame my British primary school teacher -ha.

09-29-2015, 04:13 AM

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costumegirl

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LOL!! Then let's try selvedge

09-30-2015, 08:15 AM

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Girlfriend

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Evie, that is really bad! It looks like you lost about 12 inches of usable fabric.

As a side note, I got back my quilt from the long armer, with regards to this question. Since I had to take a second backing (minky was not wide enough), I had to prepare a second backing while the top was at the long armers.

I asked her not to trim the quilt, so I could see if the backing was completely square after long arming, (since i had ripped it and used selvage for perpendicular side). To my surprise, the backing was completely square!

So this time, and for this fabric, ripping worked for squaring. I have to admit, I'm shocked.....

09-30-2015, 08:21 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Evie

For sure the weave is NOT always straight of grain. Photo attached of a wide backing I ripped. About a 12-inch difference between the edges! A name-brand fabric to boot.