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Chaney Ranch
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Prewashing Fabric
Is there anyway to prevent all the fraying when Prewashing fabric and all the tangled knots when drying it? Thanks for your suggestions!
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You can pink the edges.
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I serge the edges. Makes my serger feel needed ☺️
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I serge the edges. Makes my serger feel needed ☺️
I set the stitch width for narrow and the stitch length long..
I use the 3-thtread serging- and it is fairly easy to remove the stitching if one wants to reclaim that 1/8 inch or so of fabric.
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Pinking the cut edges with a good pinking rotary cutter works wonderfully.
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I also serge the edges. Works a lot better.
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I serge the edges. Makes my serger feel needed ☺️
Ditto. Serging the edges is the most effective method I've found.
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I straight stitch the edges.
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When I did not have a serger I would use a zig zag stitch on the raw edges.... it was a great way to use up odd bobbin colors and old thread.
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Cut a 1/4 diagonally off each corner. It interrupts the straight lines being able to ravel. I then wash on gentle & dry to still barely damp. Learned this in class & it works great on fat quarters too.
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