Hmmm...is there a right way to unroll a panto? I actually don't know! I have always looked at the photo and whichever direction the pattern is going in the photo either on the end of the panto or the catalog to which I purchased it from...that is the way I would unroll the panto. I have been known to flip a panto upside down if it fits the quilt better! Sometimes just because of the odd dimensions of the quilt or a panto that cuts off the end of a quilt in a funny way I'll flip it to make it easier to stitch out.