Tip for cutting white on white fabric
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Tip for cutting white on white fabric
I use white on white fabric a lot, especially in my paper piecing. After the pieces are cut, I find it difficult to tell the front from the back, except after I've sewn it in backwards. So now when I cut it, I take my frixion pen and put a dot on the wrong side of the fabric near the edge, in the seam allowance. Then when I sew it, the dot should be up, and when I press it, dots gone. Hope this helps someone, it's saved me a lot ripping. (If the dot doesn't come out, no big deal -- it's in the seam allowance on the wrong side of the fabric.)
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For me, I need a very good light at just the right angle so that the right/wrong sides show up properly. Even then, I will have had to rip something out and turn it. I'll have to try this other method the next time I use one of these tone on tones that are barely different front to back. It just could save me some ripping. Thanks for the tip.
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Thanks for the tip. I just finished a Double Wedding Ring melon. I was so excited! All the wedges fit perfectly and the melon looked beautiful. Then I saw it. I had sewn all the wedges to the wrong side of the melon. Rip, rip, rip! Now, thanks to your tip, I should be able to avoid that ripping in the future,
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