Front vs. Back
#25
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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You can usually tell the front side from the back of any cotton fabric by feeling both. The back side is a bit rough and the front side is snoother. This is how I've done it for 26 years and it really works well for me.
Good luck, kutnso
Good luck, kutnso
#26
Originally Posted by JanetM
Sometimes it is impossible to tell front from back so just use it either way. No one else will be able to tell either.
Sometimes people will deliberately use a print backwards because they like the muted side better for a particular project.
There are no RULES LOL
Sometimes people will deliberately use a print backwards because they like the muted side better for a particular project.
There are no RULES LOL
#27
I'm with Gal from New Zealand. Sometimes when we don't think it makes any difference, you can't tell until you've put the quilt together that the light hits it a little differently one side and another. Hope this helps.
#29
Like so many quilters I use both side of the fabric when I want to get a different look. However, you can tell the right side by looking at the selvage. Most fabrics have the color choices and the name of the fabric mfg. You can read it from the right side.
#30
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Anchorage, AK
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seams to me the trick will be learning to tell the difference when there is no selvege...like after you've cut all the strips or squares, stacked them nicely and then the cat or dog comes along and wants to get involved...that's the important time to be able to tell the difference!
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