chevron fabric
I was just handed a new project for my DD using chevron fabric. It seems to be the IN thing now, but I hate working with it as it is never printed on grain. How do you cut a square and keep the points of the chevron straight? Or do you just cut a strip and ignore that the points are going uphill? HELP!
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I don't worry about grain when I'm quilting. When I'm garment sewing, yes. But not with quilting. I'd cut a square using the print as a guideline.
eta: what kind of project were you handed? If she wants a chevron quilt, you could always sew chevrons out of solids. |
There are times when it's feasible to cut your fabric on print, off grain. Sounds like it might apply here. Please post a photo when you get going on it.
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After washing the fabric - and letting it revert to whatever it wants to do -
When working with a "design element" - I will ignore the grain lines to get the look I want. But I do cringe while doing it. |
THANKS for the warning. I haven't used too much of this "IN" chevron fabrics. I dislike plaids because they look so wonky when the print is crooked.
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Aye, I ignore grain in quilting for smaller pieces, other than trying to avoid bias cuts when feasible. If a print is crooked, I cut crooked and just don't worry about it. So far that hasn't caused any problems.
Recently I've been working with hexagons, so at least 2/3rds of my cuts are 'off grain' and that's helped me relax about it too. |
What an eye opener! Another reason why I wouldn't choose chevron fabric. Good luck
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