FABRIC MARKING & CUTTING

Position fabric wrong side up, and place the template on the fabric. With a marker or well-sharpened pencil, trace around the template and mark match points. For hand-piecing templates, allow enough space for 1/4" seam allowances to be added. For machine-piecing templates, cut along the drawn line. For hand-piecing, cut 1/4" beyond the drawn line. For rotary cutting instructions link to the Rotary Cutting page.

Whenever possible purchase enough fabric to cut borders on the lengthwise grain (parallel to the selvage edge). When you must piece sashing, borders, or binding strips, sew together with a 45 degree angled seam. The diagonal seam will be less noticeable than a straight seam.

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Susan_Guzman

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re: Question about abbreviations

Dear shirley45, You are correct! WOF = width of fabric

May 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM

shirley45

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question about abbreviations

please help. i am making a quilt and it say to cut x number of strips the WOF which i think means width of fabric. is that correct?

May 03, 2009 at 07:47 AM