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Importance of Grain? Cheryl 05-21-2008
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Posted by Cheryl on May 21, 2008, 11:36 pm
How important is cutting on grain when you are working with a 4-way
stretch fabric? Would the type of garment make a difference in the
importance?
Cheryl

Posted by melinda on May 22, 2008, 1:36 am
> How important is cutting on grain when you are working with a 4-way
> stretch fabric? Would the type of garment make a difference in the
> importance?
> Cheryl

It is rather important, if you don't get the pieces on grain
the seams will twist. On a shirt side seams will twist round
the torso, in pants the seams will twist round the leg.
Rather uncomfortable in my experience from WTR tops.

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Melinda
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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on May 22, 2008, 5:14 am
Even with a 4 way stretch material, it would make a big difference.
Barbara in SC



Posted by Sharon Hays on May 23, 2008, 8:01 am
Cheryl wrote:

> How important is cutting on grain when you are working with a 4-way
> stretch fabric? Would the type of garment make a difference in the
> importance?
> Cheryl

In addition to the comments (I totally agree with) about how important grain
is in general....

You also need to make sure the 4 way stretch is even in all directions.
Sometimes it will stretch more in one way than the other. If you have a
difference in the amount of stretch, you will almost always want the
greater stretch to go around the body not up and down.


Sharon
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pig.


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