From which direction you cut/measure
A little while back, there was a post about a person who did not cut her strips by measuring from the cut side. I honestly did not think that her method had any merit. BUT--I needed to cut 3/4 x 90 inch strips and found that my ruler kept 'wandering'. I finaigled a few strips and wasted material needing to often straighten the fabric between cuts.
But then I thought about the ruler sitting on the fabric to be cut instead of just measuring the itty bitty 3/4 inch.
I laid my main ruler on the bulk of the fabric. Then I laid a second ruler to measure that itty bitty 3/4 inch measure. I snuggled them together, and then took away the second ruler. I then made my cut. WOW!!! It was clean and true!!
So, thank you to the person who posted this way of cutting. You saved me a whole pile of frustration. You ROCK!!