I have a long piece of raggedly cut muslin that I want to cut into a long, straight ribbon about 2" wide. Does anyone have a clever idea how to mark it straight and true?
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Right after I hit send I thought of a solution. Rolling up the muslin and cutting it straight.
kKarstens Rage wrote:
Fold it carefully on the straight grain, true up the edge, and cut it on a mat with a quilter's ruler and a rotary cutter.
I like to tear for straight pieces.....would your muslin lend itself to that approach? Start at the skinniest point and tear both directions......then measure over for the width??
Just a thought.
Tearing does reveal if the fabric is really off grain. To make sure I get a perfectly straight edge, especially for linens, I always pull a thread. It takes little time and the results are really worth it. When it's extra critical to be right on grain, like when you're draping a new garment design for instance, you replace the pulled thread with a red one and then use a square to line up the grain properly or adjust until it's on grain.
I always do that too!
Do you hand sew a red thread there, or machine it, or what?
and then use a square to line up the grain properly or adjust until
What purpose does the red thread serve, or is it just easy see?
I just baste it in real quick by hand usually--- faster than changing the thread in the machine.
Easy to see in light or unprinted fabrics. Your eyes don't have to keep searching for that very faint line. It's an old couturier trick.
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