Why I gave up on precuts
This is so frustrating. I have a Moda honey bun that I'm using to make a couple of doll quilts. I sewed 5 strips together which should have been 5.5" total width and it's 6". Turns out that the strips are over 1.5" wide by just over 1/8". So I had to redo my seam allowance and resew them. Luckily I didn't get far before I checked but geez. I don't think I've had a correctly cut precut so far (layer cakes, charm packs, jelly rolls and now honey buns).
I'm glad I quit buying them a long time ago. I'm just trying to get them used up now. |
I buy Moda pre cuts and so far all have been accurate. I don't buy the honey bun size though. I have baskets full of layer cakes and Jelly rolls. Those are the only two sizes I buy.
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only bought a Moda precut and didn't have a problem with it.
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Apparently the moral of the story is:
Always measure what you have - just to be sure it is what you are expecting it to be. But I would not have thought to, either. How are the pinked edge precuts measured? From outermost edge to outermost edge? |
I buy only a few pre-cuts and I select them for foundation paper piecing projects I am going to work on.
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I know it's disappointing, but a worse scenario would be if the strips were too narrow! Can always trim the wider strips.
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I buy Honey Buns to use as sashing, and so far the Moda and the Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons have been fine.
I clothing construction, fabrics with pinked edges are measured from peak to peak, and this is how I measure my pre-cuts. You can measure from valley to valley, but just make sure you sew them all the same. |
Can't really count on peak to peak because sometimes all the peaks are gone...with too
much handling and whatnot. I only bought one honey bun and haven't used it yet. I think I'll find a pattern that doesn't need too much accuracy for that. Last time I used a layer cake not all were square...some were less that 10" square. Good thing I wasn't counting on using all of the 10" square. Of course it gets worse when you starch. |
I prefer to cut my own stuff. If it's wrong, then I can only blame me.
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I only buy moda precuts and really haven't had a problem with them.
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