? on cutting panels
#13
great advice from all of you... my project for this afternoon is to cut placemat panels that I purchased at a quilt show and haven't even layed them out yet to see if they are going to be square on the cutting mat.
#14
I soak mine with heavy starch and block it first!
#17
I use Sta-flo starch, 1/2 starch to 1/2 water, and dip the panel in that and let it drip (don't wring it out!). Then I block it, which is the same as others have been telling you: pulling and pinning it square and letting it dry.
It's not just the panels. There is a lot of "unsquare" fabric out there. I tried to make straight borders by ripping the fabric instead of cutting, on a fabric I thought I had squared. It's usually how I do it to get them straight. But trust me, even that doesn't always work. If you mess up your yardage making borders and they're wonky, it can get expensive!
It's not just the panels. There is a lot of "unsquare" fabric out there. I tried to make straight borders by ripping the fabric instead of cutting, on a fabric I thought I had squared. It's usually how I do it to get them straight. But trust me, even that doesn't always work. If you mess up your yardage making borders and they're wonky, it can get expensive!
#18
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I bought a fall harvest fabric at JAs and it was printed so crooked on the grain that I lost nearly 8" out of a yard to get the pumpkins to line up for an edge. Grrrr. On my next trip back they had a brand new bolt out and it was just as bad as the first.
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