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Line up the fold of the fabric with the edge or a line on the ruler and trim off the selvedge. You have a cut edge that is a perfect 90 degree angle to your fold. Slide (carefully, as not to disturb the fabric) your ruler so that you have the size rectangle you need under the ruler.  How to Cut Pieces, Strips & Patches for a Quilt. Learn how to cut pieces, strips, and patches for a quilt from quilting expert Cathy Izzo in this Howcast video. We’re going to cut a two-inch strip of fabric. The easiest way I know of doing that is with a rotary cutter and ruler on a mat. We’re going to take our fabric. If you wanted to make two-inch squares, you’d take that same piece, line it up again against one of the lines on the ruler, cut off the salvage, that’s the part that you don’t really want, and line it up again on your two-inch mark. Cut two-inch squares. To cut a square or rectangle, first cut a strip to the width you’d like your rectangles or squares to be. Next, rotate your strip so that the cut edge is laying along a horizontal line on the self healing cutting mat. With your rotary cutter and quilting ruler, trim off the selvage edge from the strip. Move the edge so it’s on the 0’’ mark. Use the measurement guides on the mat to line up the ruler to the length of the rectangle or square you’d like to cut. Cut the strip with your rotary cutter Watch more How to Quilt videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/507512-... Learn how to cut pieces, strips, and patches for a quilt from quilting expert Cathy Izzo in this Howcast video. We're going to cut a two-inch strip of fabric. The easiest way I know of doing that is with a rotary cutter and ruler on a mat. We're going to take our fabric I do know how to put together a pieced quilt though. I thought I would walk you through how to cut your fabric straight and then how to cut it into strips for the Piano Keys Table Runner I made last week. Because a table runner really is just a very small quilt. Here is a reminder of the table runner. A lot more room and you can trim your fabric, after you sew it, to make it straight and lay well. Making sure you have a strait cut is one of the most important things to make sure your quilt turns out the way you want it to. I am sure there are many different ways to get a strait cut. I’m going to show you how I do it. How do you cut the selvage edge off the fabric you are about to use for your quilt top without messing up the side. And, how do you re-true fabric...and when should you do it?  The first cut you make will be to trim off the raw edge and square up the fabric. Cut off just enough fabric to make a straight edge. Now you’re ready to cut your strips. I’m cutting 2” strips so I line up the edge of the fabric with the 2” mark on my ruler. Make sure the 2” mark lines up all the way down the edge of the fabric, not just at one place. Check that measurement.  It is tightly woven, and for that reason, do not use the selvedge in your piecing and don't use it in your quilt backs. Just cut it off. In fact, when you hear the term 'usable width of fabric', that means the width of your fabric minus its selvedges.  Begin Rotary Cutting the Strips. Rotary cut the fabric strips required for the project from the quilting fabric's squared-up edge. For example, if you need a 3 wide strip, align the 3 mark on the ruler with the left edge of the fabric. Align a horizontal line near the bottom of the ruler with the fold. The instructions for most quick-pieced quilt patterns tell you to rotary cut long strips from selvage to selvage -- across the fabric's crosswise grain, and that's what we'll cover in this tutorial.
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