I briefly mentioned in my first quilt top tutorial on how to square up your fabric. I said I would post later on how to do that, and in the mean time just to Google it if you had any questions. Well I am finally living up to my word. Here is a quick tutorial on how to square up your fabric to get ready to cut all those lovely exact little pieces for your quilt top. Measuring, I have found, is the key to a beautifully pieced and mostly no headache quilting. So without more jabbering here is how to square up!
Tools
Rotary cutter
Cutting mat
A very long ruler or yardstick (I would love to have a nice metal one, my mom had one growing up, but for now I had a home depot yardstick that cost me $0.68 laying around, it works fine.
Materials
Pre-washed Fabric that needs square up
Tools
Rotary cutter
Cutting mat
A very long ruler or yardstick (I would love to have a nice metal one, my mom had one growing up, but for now I had a home depot yardstick that cost me $0.68 laying around, it works fine.
Materials
Pre-washed Fabric that needs square up
1. After your fabric is washed I find that ironing helps me get my fabric squared up faster and nicer
2. Take your fabric and fold it in half with the selvage edges together
3. Iron it nice and flat and smooth
4. The raw edge where it has been cut won't line up nice and perfect like the selvage edges, that's why we are square it up, so don't about those edges yet. Make sure the selvage edges are lined up perfect.
5. After you have iron out any wrinkle move over to the cutting mat.
2. Take your fabric and fold it in half with the selvage edges together
3. Iron it nice and flat and smooth
4. The raw edge where it has been cut won't line up nice and perfect like the selvage edges, that's why we are square it up, so don't about those edges yet. Make sure the selvage edges are lined up perfect.
5. After you have iron out any wrinkle move over to the cutting mat.
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