Cotton fabric
 

This may be a silly question but I am cutting out hexagons in plain coloured cotton fabric for grandmothers garden quilt. Is there a right or wrong side? I can not see any difference. I have always worked hard to keep it what I thought was the right side but with the Accuquilt go , fabric is folded right to right side and it is too much work to turn fabrics over to which I think is the right side up.

It is for 1 1/8" hexagons. Do you think it will matter if I get the right and wrong mixed up?

Tartan , Are you in Ontario Canada ?

I am in London

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Thank you Tartan but I am working with beige and do not know if I am getting shiny right side up. They are 1 1/8 hexagons for my main fabric around the flowers. Have 6 petal flowers and putting the beige in every second petal. When I put them together each petal is going to touch another flowers petal and beige is background. Have other colours in solids and can see right from wrong in some.With smaller pieces does it matter or will it be noticeable ? Hope this makes sense

I didn't see the previous conversation, but when I am having trouble finding the wrong or right side, I mark the wrong side with a little bit of chalk or a light pencil that won't show through before I make my cut. Then I can tell which side is which. Hope this helps.

When I am struggling to decide which is right/wrong side, I figure it must not matter much (I realize that doesn't mean it doesn't matter at all). But unless it is a really important quilt, not mattering much is good enough for me.

I made a Grandmother's Flower Garden. I used Robert Kaufman solids. I marked the wrong side of the fabric with a little bit of chalk or a light pencil that won't show through before I make my cut. Then I can tell which side is which. Hope this helps. There was also an excellent post a few days ago where someone showed how they stored the cut hexagons. Good Luck !

Thank you. The quilt is for my husband and myself when I get it done. To late for chalk marks have the squares cut and ready to die cut them.before I put them on the papers I will try to get the right side up. I saw on Pinterest that the plastic tube trays like in peak freans cookies to store them in after you have them on the papers.

I don't cut the fabric in a hexagon shape -- I use squares of fabric and wrap them over paper pieces. Makes for a lot less cutting and keeping the fabric in the middle of the piece isn't as difficult.

I am an EPP and I know exactly what you mean.....I used to worry about it, and when you are cutting masses it gets quite difficult to tell which side is which. If the fabric is plain, the hexies are small, I wouldn't lose sleep over it. I am making a queen size EPP GFG, it has been several years in the piecing, now I'm up to stitching all the elements together I am doing the "star" configuration (the star elements being red)...that red homespun is a devil to tell one side from the other. I refuse to get too "itchy" about it because I don't want it hanging around as a UFO forever. I'm guessing once it's quilted, washed and on the bed - It will look good whichever side is up:).....Besides I have no quilt police in the boudoir.

You can usually tell right or wrong side by looking at the selvedage

Thank you Tartan and Earthwalker. Earthwalker thank you I will not worry about which side I am using. Every piece I was holding it to the light to see if I could see a shine.Now going to pick up and hex! Will go faster. Seen the star and so nice. Will be beautiful! Making a queen size and figured I need 3,264 hexagons. Not going to have it done for awhile. Quite awhile!

I dropped by the board as cutting red hexies was getting tiresome. The red star elements are the only bits that need finishing, the main blocks are done. I cut and piece a few star units, then join up a few blocks and so on. Breaking it up a bit seems to keep me on track. I am determined not to put it aside for more than a day or two....I so want to get it finished. Good luck with yours mraine....happy Epp'ing:)