Back To The Basics--Have I Been Cutting My Fabric. backwards???
After watching several quilting tutorials, I am now wondering if I am not cutting properly! To square off my fabric, I place the ruler along the right edge of the fabric and trim along one of the vertical lines on my mat. Then to cut the first strip, I simply slide the ruler to the left and cut the width strip I want using the mat lines to figure the strip width. So I am cutting on the right side of the ruler and my strip is NOT under the ruler. In many of the videos I watched, the teacher squared the fabric like me but then flipped the fabric over so the newly squared edge is now on the left side of the mat and moves the ruler so that the strip to be cut is UNDER the ruler using the lines on the ruler to get the proper width and then cuts along the right side of the ruler. Does it really make a difference? I seem to get accurate cuts but now I am wondering......?