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Great Grainlines!
By Serena Smith | June 30, 2006
Q: I have tried pulling a thread to find and mark the fabric straight of grain but the thread always breaks. What am I doing wrong?
A: It’s almost impossible to pull one thread continuously across an entire fabric width. Pull the thread gently, easing the fabric along the thread as if gathering or easing a stitch line. If the thread breaks, cut along the line created as far as possible. Then pick up the thread and continue across the fabric.
On some fabrics, leaving the fabric slightly gathered along the thread makes it easier to see where to cut.
After cutting the entire fabric width, unravel one continuous thread to be sure the edge is straight.
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