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09-17-2011, 07:41 AM

#31

amandasgramma

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I totally ignore the grain issue ---- :) As someone said -- if you cut a square, 2 of the sides are against the grain. And scrappy quilts ---- hooahhhh!!! NO, I don't worry about the grain!

09-17-2011, 07:53 AM

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quiltmom04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Scissor Queen

It doesn't really matter which direction you cut them first.

Right! Plus I always make mine a bit oversize so I can cut them down a bit to be EXACTLY the size you want. I seem to have trouble with HST stretching, so I do it that way.

09-17-2011, 08:30 AM

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Kappy

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grandjan

I can't see that it matters unless you have a directional design on the fabric

That's what I was going to say. :lol:

09-17-2011, 08:49 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Quilt-Till-U-Wilt

Somehow instead of cutting the material across the grain I cut it on the up and down grain. I'm making half square triangles and they went together fine. I have 1/2 of them done. Should I keep cutting the way I started or cut from selvage to selvage like I should have. Will this affect anything once I put the quilt together. Guess I was in too much of a hurry.

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09-17-2011, 08:52 AM

#35

penski

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i think you are good to go on the way you are cutting them

09-17-2011, 10:17 AM

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matraina

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If it came out fine for the ones you've done, it should come out fine for what you have left to do. The only thing - will this compromise the rest of your fabric for further cuts (i.e., if you need to cut something the whole width of the fabric, the fabric will be narrower where you cut the squares for the triangles.

09-17-2011, 10:44 AM

#37

Quilt-Till-U-Wilt

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It doesn't matter that the fabric is narrower. It's white kona and I bought a bolt and just cut 1 yard off until I could see what I needed. It's going much better today. I have 1 whole block together and I've been cutting and getting the smaller blocks put together. The finsihed block is 12 1/2 inches and I have 9 squares to do to finish 1 block. I'm doing card tricks.