Originally Posted by MSandy
Thank you all for these tips. My fabric is off white 100% cotton. So, I think I will cut it into three sizes for 10" blocks and wash them all. Then I can iron and size them. This way I know they won't pucker as much after they are stitched. I am making 8" squares, so I am cutting 10" squares to fit over my hoop with room to spare.
I have Nancy Z's quilting video. I hope I can put it all together after I get the squares done. I plan to use iron on stabilizer with stitching it out.
Sandra
Sounds like a good plan. If you have a way of pinking the edges of the fabric (not the selvedge, just where the fabric was cut), do that. Or zig zag along the cut edges or you will end up with what Virtualbernie appropriately calls a "stringy mess". :D