Originally Posted by
sewbeadit
Okay Nai Nai, you got me going on these balls. How many do you use and how large did you make them?
I have used the corner snip myself and yes it frays but the fray is shorter and usually doesn't wad up with the rest of the fabric you are doing and doesn't make a big ball, so it does work for that, but won't stop fraying itself.
- So if the snipped corner made the cut ends fray less ,then the excessive fraying that shows here would only make me worry about using it. When I cut sqs. for a 4 in. finish I would like to feel they won't fray to 3 3/4 . Before I wash fabrics I stitch the ends together at both 1/4 and at 1/2 in. from the edge. If the fray goes past the 1/4 I don't use it in a quilt. Who wants to put in that much work to have it fray past the seams. And this method also shows the true grain and if the fabric will retain it's shape.