TASTER: How to Cut a Large Bias Square by Jennie Rayment
FREE Tasters (Quilting) • Educational, G, 01-Apr-2012
Jennie shares with Valerie how to cut a large square on the bias for the centre of her medallion quilt. Visually this is so that Valerie can avoid having seams in the medallion centre.
They discuss the grain and why you can’t just cut a square and put it on point. Then with the use of the 45 degree angle on the ruler, Jennie sets to and cuts a large bias square so that the grain holds firm.
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