Originally Posted by Eddie
The reason that I cut it on the bias is that I noticed my first attempts the bowls came out "fuzzy" looking with the loose threads, which makes sense if you think about it. When you cut across the WOF you tend to have more loose threads on the cut than if you cut on the bias where the ends are just on the edge and thread is "embedded" in the strip, so you have much less fuzziness that way.
That's probably very true, but as I said, I'm lazy. Some fabrics seem to ravel more than others, but to me it gives them a kind of "folk" look which I don't mind, nor have any of the people who have bought my bowls. I'll give you another way to finish off the edges - compliments of Erik Drexler of Sulky Threads - serge one raw edge of each strip - I just do a whole bunch at one time, one right after the other, clip threads before I wind them on. Use a contrasting thread and it looks quite pretty.
Nita in MI