Originally Posted by
quiltingfan
Oh cut them and don't worry about others. I am sick and tired of people getting offended over the littlest things. You are not doing to be insulting so make the bags. They will be gorgeous....
Quiltfan, I understand where you are coming from but I wouldn't want to go somewhere and see a bag made out of something that had special significance to me in some way . Say a flag or altar cloth, for example. While I have no religious leaning what so ever I try to be respectful of others. w7sue,, I figure it starts with me . If I am respectful than maybe it will be catching. :-) I cannot control what others do.
I did some looking around online and the hindi shawl looks like exactly that,, a shawl or wrap made to be used that way. The prayer shawls are larger. So that one is a go if I want to make anything from it I am thinking it would make a pretty vest for say the holidays maybe. or something . Who knows. The others I will have to look more but I am thinking prayer rugs would be heavier.
As far as fraying I can always serge the edges then cut or use interfacing . I am doing a binding on a wall hanging now out of silver lame' and use fusible light weight interfacing . I have done it before and it works fine. At least I think I am its not done yet. lol