Back To The Basics--Have I Been Cutting My Fabric. backwards???
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 669
You're doing it "right". The bulk of your fabric is under or behind (to the left) of the ruler. Only the strip you are cutting is "exposed". All it does is anyway is keep you from whacking up more of your fabric if you you slip with your rotary cutter. Whatever works.
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#26
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Illinois/Wisconsin
Posts: 878
I was using my mat lines to measure my pieces and then I read on the Board not to do that. I went to my cutting board and measured the lines with my metal ruler and found that the lines on my mat are not all one inch. From now on I will not use my mat for measuring my strips.
#27
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
Posts: 4,391
I use the lines on my ruler, even for the first cut. I lay all the fabric to the right, lay the ruler on so that the first strip would be completely under the ruler at the correct distance, a little wider than needed. That first strip is not usually completely straight on the left side. Cut that off and flip it over; put the ruler back on that piece and cut off the extra from the edge.
That way the large piece of fabric is always on the right and doesn't have to be flipped over. You just flip the first strip to cut off crooked edges. I stand the ruler up on edge and bump it up to the cut strip to be sure the strip is straight, or line it up to a line on the ruler.
That way the large piece of fabric is always on the right and doesn't have to be flipped over. You just flip the first strip to cut off crooked edges. I stand the ruler up on edge and bump it up to the cut strip to be sure the strip is straight, or line it up to a line on the ruler.
#30
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Greenwood, AR
Posts: 456
This was how I was taught and have always done it this way...doesn't mean this way is the RIGHT or ONLY way!!
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