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Old 10-20-2009, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by alimaui
so, if you are pulling the fabric with both hands, no tug means the lenghtwise grain, am I cutting parallel to my tug or perpendicular?
If your instructions say to "cut on the lengthwise grain" (or something like that), then you will cut the long way/lengthwise. In the case of a scrap, FQ, whatever, use the direction that has no stretch as the lengthwise.

If you are cutting a particular piece/shape of fabric, and one particular edge is to be cut on the lengthwise grain, then you cut that edge as if it is the lengthwise (non-stretchy) grain.

Does this help at all?

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