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Originally Posted by DBlain  Ok now I am really confused  I guess I will google it  |
We were taught to cut on the bias of fabric for certain projects. You are making a strip of fabric cut not straight up or down, but diagonally. When you cut on the bias, the material has a stretch to it. You would cut on the bias if you were making your own "piping" for throw pillows, for example. I really haven't used this much over the years, and I notice that you can buy prepackaged bias strips in the notions department, but sometimes you need it to match the material you're using so you have to cut it yourself.