Quiltingboard Forums

Quiltingboard Forums (https://www.quiltingboard.com/)
-   Main (https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1/)
-   -   help! Vintage stripe fabric how should i cut it ? (https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1/help-vintage-stripe-fabric-how-should-i-cut-t180052.html)

annies-best 02-20-2012 10:05 AM
help! Vintage stripe fabric how should i cut it ?
 
I have a piece of vintage stripe fabric i really want to use but the stripe is so far off grain how do i cut it on the grain or with the stripe. I really want the stripe but will it really mess me up to cut it off grain?

QuiltnNan 02-20-2012 10:15 AM
i would heavily starch it and cut with the stripes. after all, we sometimes work with bias in other patterns :)

Scissor Queen 02-20-2012 10:22 AM
Originally Posted by annies-best (Post 4991787)
I have a piece of vintage stripe fabric i really want to use but the stripe is so far off grain how do i cut it on the grain or with the stripe. I really want the stripe but will it really mess me up to cut it off grain?
What are you using it for? Most of the time in the overall look of a quilt it doesn't really matter. It doesn't have to exactly match. But construction wise, cutting something off grain or on the bias can be a pain.

Tartan 02-20-2012 10:28 AM
I am with QuiltnNan, starch well and cut with the stripe. Sometimes it's more important to go with your vision of a design than perfect grain lines. You could also save that stripe for the edge and cut it on the bias for candy striped binding. I love candy stripe bindings! Good luck.

annies-best 02-20-2012 10:34 AM
I have about 6 yards of it so it will go in to several projects right now i want to showcase 2 little victorian girls I have not decided on attic windows or maybe a diamond log cabin I had to cut the squares of girls on the bias to get every motif i could get


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:33 AM.