"Shocked" and "Horrified" expression was SO worth it!
#31
My favorite LQS, now out of business, used to tear all of their fabric. What a blessing. They still sell over the internet, and have an occasional sale at a local hotel. Yippee Skippee. I know that I get all the fabric I'm paying for. Unlike W-M where you sometimes come home 2" shy or 1/2" to the good. It's a crap shoot. Oh, well. The it's always an adventure I guess.
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Some people feel that ripping the fabric, while it is straight when you rip, bruises about 1/4" on either side of the rip. It won't press out flat and most then cut it off. So, you take your pick: tear for absolute straight of weave or cut with a rotary cutter. Whatever floats your boat!
#36
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Ahhhh.. so relaxing to tear fabric and get the frustration out !LOL When needed that is... I mostly use scissors or a rotary cutter .. Just depends on what the fabric is and what I am doing .. LOL
#38
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I use a lot of 100% cotton sheets for quilt backings. I measure the quilt top, add about six inches to the measurements, then snip and rip. The left over pieces go into the stash totes for future projects. If I want border sashings from regular fabrics I also rip instead of cutting. The key is 100% cotton fabrics. The poly blends don't rip nicely, wavy edges and lots of strings.
#39
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It's always a shock when I tear fabric in front of someone, just like my shock when a quilt teacher in a class I was taking, ripped her fabric. It's something I do when I'm sewing together a backing for a quilt too. It definitely gives you a straight line of fabric.
#40
I have always said that tearing or tipping fabric is great therapy! I haven't figured out the why but it always makes me feel better and when I want my quilts to lie flat I always tear and straighten the grain makes the ends results so perfect. Ahhh job well done.
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