I don't want my fabric fraying in wash
#21
Originally Posted by janjanq
I haven't tried this but yet but I've heard of people using a zig-zag blade on their rotary cutter.
#22
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Originally Posted by Maia B
I always get some fraying and thread boogers, which I HATE. Recently washed a set of Moda Civil War repro fabrics that had a lovely hand before washing. Not a speck on my color catcher, so it was a waste of time, and I spent an hour cutting the thread tangles iff before drying. I still have to iron them. Back to NOT prewashing for me!
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I machine stitch the ends of my fabric before I wash.
I also set my washer on the handwash cycle.
I have very little fraying. The cheaper the fabric the more fraying you wil have because it will be a looser weave fabric.
The ends of the fabric have to be trimmed/straightened when you start cutting anyway so a little fraying isn't a problem.
I also set my washer on the handwash cycle.
I have very little fraying. The cheaper the fabric the more fraying you wil have because it will be a looser weave fabric.
The ends of the fabric have to be trimmed/straightened when you start cutting anyway so a little fraying isn't a problem.
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Eons ago when I learned to sew, 4-H recommended folding the fabric as it comes off the bolt and use the longest machine stitch across both ends. It keeps the ends from fraying and easily removed. Of course, that was in the day when we pulled a thread to straighten the fabric, too!
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Originally Posted by illinois
Eons ago when I learned to sew, 4-H recommended folding the fabric as it comes off the bolt and use the longest machine stitch across both ends. It keeps the ends from fraying and easily removed. Of course, that was in the day when we pulled a thread to straighten the fabric, too!
I guess I didn't know we didn't need to do that anymore. :oops:
If I have a fabric that I just can't eyeball the straight of the grain, I still pull a thread :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
I do all sorts of different things with my fabric...some I serge, some I wash and then clip frays....some I just use without washing...no rhythm or reason to my madness... :wink: :wink: :lol: :lol:
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