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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Trimming selvedges

Why we trim selvedges off of fabric before sewing: this is how a super-fine silk behaves if you try to iron it with the selvedges on- it twists and grimaces and buckles and won't lay flat for anything.

Trim off the selvedges....

And like magic it irons flat.

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