I recently had a piece of fabric I was working with that was going to be a border. I was cutting WOF because the pattern ran across rather than up & down.
The fabric pattern (a collegiate one) was sectioned off into squares with a small white line between each of the segment parts. I ended up cutting on the white line even though my fabric was at an angle, and then ironing the 12" wide pieces straight before attaching them to the pieced top. So far, so good. Tomorrow I will iron the whole top again, and then put it on the long arm. The whole top is square right now, so I think I'm good.
I actually thought about just cutting the fabric, but I knew better and I knew every time I saw the quilt I would absolutely hate that I hadn't made an effort to keep those lines straight. Now, if this had been something that was only going to be a few inches or set on an angle, I don't think I would have cared as much.
Last edited by Barb in Louisiana; 01-19-2015 at 03:54 PM.