Learn to Sew: How to Lay Out Your Fabric

After you prewash and press your fabric, you'll want to lay it out properly. In this video, I teach you how to true up your fabric so that it lays straight on the grain.

[bakerwannabe]

Thank you for explaining this. I’m a beginner sewer and most other channels don’t start with the basics.

[anniecorbett]

You are a star for explaining that so eloquently and what a great tip for making end of fabric equal. Really appreciate it.

[rtrannball]

Thank U so much! New sewster here, and my teacher at college didn't explain this step very clearly, so thank u for the short and sweet "on grain" tutorial!

[EmeraldQueen]

Thank you. I’m a beginner sewer and this has helped me understand how to set up fabric.

[thenittingnurse]

Om-gosh!! Thank you so very much for this tutorial. Your the only one I actually understood where ~ to cut the fabric!!!

[joankeckstein]

This is what I learned ages ago or to pull a thread across but that was tedious! Good job!

[glendajohnson]

Thank you so much to show how to lay out your Fabrics to cut.

[MarciaBaker]

Thank you so much! I've ruined lots of fabric so this is very helpful!

[Mister_Soyuz_on_YT]

I saw this from a Fashion and Design book and it's illustration is exactly as what was shown on the video. The single thread is align from end-to-end of the selvage

[devikaarokium]

Found this very helpful. I’m a beginner

[SunnieDae]

would appreciate you showing a pattern piece laid out on the straight grain and then on the cross grain and then on the bias.

[lotlot]

What happens if it’s not ‘rippable’ fabric? You can on do this with cotton!

[francescaniekamp]

Love the fabric you are using in this tutorial - care to share what it is and where I might get some?

[jeanneluddeni]

My problem is I need a huge table lol.

[chinewmarie]

I bought three yards of fabric but don't know how to cut them down to the length I need to work with,  I wanted to make a tank dress for my daughter and I only need 21 inches in width by 21 inches in length.  I am knew to to this as you might notice by how I wrote my measurements out Lol!

[barbaraferron]

I cut a piece from a larger cloth so i ripped all the sides of the rectangle to be sure they were straight but when I folded it It wouldn't fold straight. How can that be?

[dankthompson]

Will the rip method work for Silk as well?

[peggyhall]

This fabric has 1 side selvage marked. How should the fabric fold? Thank you.

[pattygardner]

Hi! Appreciate your information so much. Can this tearing method be performed on rayon challis. I've got a piece of fabric with no salvage edges at all. Thanks, Patty

[dianaheiland]

Do you press all fabrics you buy for sewing?