On a Side Note

Recently I was working on a project that called for a number of different-size strips to be cut from the same fabric. To avoid confusing the various sizes, I wrote the measurements on the strip selvages. Then when I cut squares from a strip, I first cut from the unmarked edge so the measurements remained until the strip was completely used.

-Micki Bowne

Browns Mills, New Jersey

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