yonnikka

I believe the key is that when you wash the fabric, take a good look before you dry the piece, and if it is wonky, then dry it partially, and use your iron to accomplish the squaring, with some good but gentle stretching on the bias to accomplish it. I'm glad this topic is being discussed, as I feel that it is a matter of integrity to cut strips along the grain of the fabric, when long straight strips are used. Likewise, you can cut a good bias strip for binding by having the whole piece of fabric squared up accurately. Many a time I've "pulled a thread" to make sure my fabric is straight. The saddest fabrics are "Printed Plaids" that go wonky. The designer had an idea, but in the manufacturing process, one side of the fabric pulled through the printing machines at a slower rate, and the horizontal lines are no longer true. Watch out when buying "End of the Bolts" because that is where the worst problems of alignment will be found.