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Stitch–a–Strip

The strip-based quilts in this section are all vibrant and interesting designs and excellent for using up your craps and leftovers, as well as for your precious collections. When using strips it may be possible to cut cross the fabric giving strips as long as 44in (112cm) but many will be far too short. Strips cut down the abric parallel to the woven selvedge will be much firmer. It is almost impossible to avoid cutting both ypes of strips when so many different fabrics are being used, so use the more stretchy strips with care,trying not to pull them when stitching. It may help to spray starch all the fabrics before cutting them nto strips, which will help to keep the strips firmer.