Originally Posted by
ManiacQuilter2
If it is a directional print, I have used fabric salvage to salvage on the top and bottom of the quilt and then used the length of the fabric for the side borders. Just be careful because the length can have a little more stretchy than the selvage to selvage.
I think you meant to say just the reverse, that the fabric is less stretchy lengthwise and has more stretch from selvage to selvage.
Anyway, you'll be fine cutting in one direction for the sides and the other direction for the top and bottom.