You are all far better than me - stripes, plaids, dots anything with a line in it I don't do. I totally ruin whatever I am doing so I just figure, let thems that can do!!!! I am one of thems that can't. I admit it, I live with it and I am still a happy camper. I can even cut on a line and ruin something. So basically I do what I am comfortable with and enjoy and I don't ever want to lose that feeling. There is plenty of other fabric I can use and thems that do the plaids and stripes do a million times better than me and they enjoy it. So..........go for it you bunch of striped plaids. I envy your abilities and talent. Edie