A member of my forum, years ago when I first started quilting, used to have a company making quilting kits and her slogan was "I rip to sew" and she told me ALWAYS rip. Now I teach my pupils to rip, especially larger pieces. I suggest that they take quite a width off, preferably 3", why because out of that they should be able to trim it back to be able to use it for binding, if it comes to 3" or over they use it for "piano bindings" then the "frayed" edge is finely trimmed by rotary cutting. It cuts down the wastage to a minimum as all our LQS cut and they don't know how :shock: