How to Cut Quilt Strips

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Prepare your fabric for cutting by pressing out all folds and wrinkles with spray sizing.

   Pressing is done with up and down of the iron rather than sliding side to side.
   
   The sizing will help stabilize the fabric from stretching.
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   Step 2: Fold fabric salvage to salvage

   If you have a long enough ruler and a steady hand at cutting, you can skip to trimming raw edges. ,,, Open it up to see if there are any "W" and waves in strip and correct before cutting the rest of the strips needed. ,
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   Step 3: allowing it to lay flat while keeping salvages mostly lined up.

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   Step 4: Fold folded edge to salvage edges making sure fabric lays flat and that fold is evenly matched to salvage edges.

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   Step 5: Trim raw edge square to second fold of fabric.

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   Step 6: Cutting 1 strip square to second fold of fabric and previously cut raw edge.

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   Step 7: Every few strips

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   Step 8: you may have to re-trim and square raw edge and/or re-fold fabric.

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