What she says about tearing doesn't make sense. The straight of grain runs selvage to selvage. Years ago when I was cutting fabric in the fabric department we didn't use scissors to cut cotton fabric. We made a nick in the selvage and torn it. And in 4-H sewing we were taught in order to put the fabric on the straight of grain to nick the edge and tear it.
Hi Pat, I appreciate that you've got lots of experience. We do tear fabric in our fabric store as well (on our widebacks only. They're just too unwieldy to cut straight otherwise ). There are actually two directions of straight grain, across the width of fabric and also the length of fabric. Otherwise these are known as the warp and weft of the fabric. So, you're correct that straight grain goes selvage to selvage, but it also goes length of fabric as well. In our experiences in our shop, fabric tears more reliably length of fabric than it does across the width. I'm not entirely sure why this happens, but it does. This is why we recommend tearing the fabric in this Tube and Tear method.
@@HeavenlyStitches Thanks, I appreciate the response. I've never torn fabric that direction. I will certainly give it a try as I do like the way the two seams look on the back of a quilt rather than one seam in the middle. Sewing the tube and tearing sounds a lot easier than folding a length in half and running the scissors up the fold and hoping for a straight cut.
A center back seam gets reinforced when it is quilted over, but this is still a great method.
What a great idea. I have had so many problems with backing.
Neat method. I didn't know that about the length of fabric ripping straighter than the width, though it makes sense. Thank you for the video!
i know I am kinda off topic but does anyone know a good site to stream new movies online ?
Love this. I will be doing this on my next quilt. I have Never seen this done. Thank you.
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Excellent video and idea. Will try this soon, hopefully I won't forget 🙃
Thank you
Very helpful...working on backing today.
Excellent information! Thank you!❤
Awesome tutorial! Thank you! ❤️
Interesting concept I may try next time, thanks.
Excellent!
As an added bonus, that tear is on the STRAIGHT grain of the fabric, much, much better than the most careful cutting!
Great tutorial.
Great idea thanks.
I love this technique, unless I'm trying to match the print up.
You can still use it to match things, it just gets a little more complicated. Elmer's school glue is a lifesaver in that aspect.
Thank you for the video. That will save time. One question: How do you use this method if you quilt is more than 86 inches?
Generally, you wouldn't need to use this is if your quilt is bigger than 86 inches. You would need to use another width of fabric.
This would work good if you are using 2 different fabrics in the back making a stripe/block sort of look.
If I have a 6 yard piece of fabric do I cut it in half? Then do this way? It needs to be 89x75 so I anticipate to make sure it wide enough?
This is the 2nd video I’ve watched doing this technique and I am still confused.
Does this work with directional fabric?
Thank you for the information.
Could the talking be kept to a minimum and just stick to the important information.
What she says about tearing doesn't make sense. The straight of grain runs selvage to selvage. Years ago when I was cutting fabric in the fabric department we didn't use scissors to cut cotton fabric. We made a nick in the selvage and torn it. And in 4-H sewing we were taught in order to put the fabric on the straight of grain to nick the edge and tear it.
Hi Pat, I appreciate that you've got lots of experience. We do tear fabric in our fabric store as well (on our widebacks only. They're just too unwieldy to cut straight otherwise ). There are actually two directions of straight grain, across the width of fabric and also the length of fabric. Otherwise these are known as the warp and weft of the fabric. So, you're correct that straight grain goes selvage to selvage, but it also goes length of fabric as well. In our experiences in our shop, fabric tears more reliably length of fabric than it does across the width. I'm not entirely sure why this happens, but it does. This is why we recommend tearing the fabric in this Tube and Tear method.
@@HeavenlyStitches Thanks, I appreciate the response. I've never torn fabric that direction. I will certainly give it a try as I do like the way the two seams look on the back of a quilt rather than one seam in the middle. Sewing the tube and tearing sounds a lot easier than folding a length in half and running the scissors up the fold and hoping for a straight cut.