Originally Posted by lvaughan
Originally Posted by sherrill
I was advised to tear fabric to straighten. Not true ladies
Help me out here. Tearing fabric won't straighten it? Could you explain please?
No, it only tears it on grain. You still have to pull on the biases to make everything true to grain. Tearing also wastes a couple of inches of fabric because it tends to stretch it there; even pressing doesn't really bring it back to size. Tearing works for Home Dec if you are making drapes where you really HAVE to have it straight of grain, but for quilting I find it an inferior treatment to finding straight of grain. In most cases in quilting prefect straight of grain isn't crucial, especially if you are cutting small pieces.