Why I gave up on precuts
#1
Why I gave up on precuts
This is so frustrating. I have a Moda honey bun that I'm using to make a couple of doll quilts. I sewed 5 strips together which should have been 5.5" total width and it's 6". Turns out that the strips are over 1.5" wide by just over 1/8". So I had to redo my seam allowance and resew them. Luckily I didn't get far before I checked but geez. I don't think I've had a correctly cut precut so far (layer cakes, charm packs, jelly rolls and now honey buns).
I'm glad I quit buying them a long time ago. I'm just trying to get them used up now.
I'm glad I quit buying them a long time ago. I'm just trying to get them used up now.
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Location: MN
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Apparently the moral of the story is:
Always measure what you have - just to be sure it is what you are expecting it to be.
But I would not have thought to, either.
How are the pinked edge precuts measured? From outermost edge to outermost edge?
Always measure what you have - just to be sure it is what you are expecting it to be.
But I would not have thought to, either.
How are the pinked edge precuts measured? From outermost edge to outermost edge?
#7
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,198
I buy Honey Buns to use as sashing, and so far the Moda and the Robert Kaufman Kona Cottons have been fine.
I clothing construction, fabrics with pinked edges are measured from peak to peak, and this is how I measure my pre-cuts. You can measure from valley to valley, but just make sure you sew them all the same.
I clothing construction, fabrics with pinked edges are measured from peak to peak, and this is how I measure my pre-cuts. You can measure from valley to valley, but just make sure you sew them all the same.
#8
Can't really count on peak to peak because sometimes all the peaks are gone...with too
much handling and whatnot. I only bought one honey bun and haven't used it yet.
I think I'll find a pattern that doesn't need too much accuracy for that.
Last time I used a layer cake not all were square...some were less that 10" square.
Good thing I wasn't counting on using all of the 10" square.
Of course it gets worse when you starch.
much handling and whatnot. I only bought one honey bun and haven't used it yet.
I think I'll find a pattern that doesn't need too much accuracy for that.
Last time I used a layer cake not all were square...some were less that 10" square.
Good thing I wasn't counting on using all of the 10" square.
Of course it gets worse when you starch.
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