Originally Posted by
bjchad
I know there are going to be people who get the horrors when I say this but if it were me I would tear the strips. It's pretty much the only way to ensure the strip is straight and on grain.
It is what I do too. You just have to remove all the loose threads. Add an extra 1/8" too for compensation of the unraveled side. With larger quilts in competition, I did not want to deal with pieced borders.