Crooked panel
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Crooked panel
Help! I have a beautiful panel that isn't straight up and down. It bows at the top and bottom. Is there a way to correct that or do I have to force it to be straight by cutting off some of the beautiful borders?
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I went in there an tugged on it every which way I could and it's still the same. I think it was printed crooked. :-( Thanks for trying.
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Turn it over and look at how it's printed. Does the print follow the threads like it should?
If it's printed crooked - I would wash and dry it - see how it wants to go - and then if it is crooked, trim it as well as I could and deal with it that way.
If it is printed crooked - you have two choices:
Work with it the way it is - everything will be off-grain
Trim it so that the edges are on-grain - you will probably lose part of the panel - some people reframe it with washings and make it look like it was intentional.
If it's printed crooked - I would wash and dry it - see how it wants to go - and then if it is crooked, trim it as well as I could and deal with it that way.
If it is printed crooked - you have two choices:
Work with it the way it is - everything will be off-grain
Trim it so that the edges are on-grain - you will probably lose part of the panel - some people reframe it with washings and make it look like it was intentional.
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Turned it over and the grain doesn't go with the printing. I'll try washing it. :-) It's a Wilmington print. I have a Robert Kaufman panel and it's fine.
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Pre-printed panels are always off in my opinion. I try to buy ones without borders so it isn't as noticable. Cut off your borders, add a co-ordinating coloured fabric small border then cut up the border fabric and add it as the last border in pieced blocks.
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