Originally Posted by cutebuns
so I went and cut off where I needed to and then split the fabric in half length wise, I will be working with half of the fabric at a time, depending on where you are getting your repeats from, you may be doing this differently,
Hi Cutie,
I'm a little behind getting started on this project...
I've found my repeats and am ready to start cutting. I am wondering why you split your fabric in half lengthwise first. Is it to make the pattern matching and cutting of the strips (which must be precise) easier than working with a 42" wide piece of fabric?
In the book, they don't include the cut-in-half-lengthwise step...so they say to "cut a straight edge along one side of the fabric stack from selvage to selvage". Seems like it would be hard to make a straight line 42" wide, since my ruler is only 24" wide.
(It's possible that you've covered this question in the many many posts on this topic...sorry if this is a repeat.) I promise not to repeat it 6 times LOL.