Fabric Folding Tutorial

Michelle, in a comment on my blog, asked how I fold my material.  So I thought I would do a tutorial.

I went on a fat quarter buying binge over several years and have hundreds of fat quarters.  I use comic book boards that I bought locally. (Note: the price has gone up considerably at this site-I think I only paid $5.99/100 for mine) They are acid free.  The size I use are 6 3/4” x 10 1/2”.

1. Start by laying the cardboard on the fabric so that the long side of the board is laying parallel to the 18” side of the fabric:

2.  Fold the fabric below the cardboard UP:

                         

3.  Fold the sides IN.  At this point, I press the fabric some with my hands:

        

4.  Starting at the bottom, fold the fabric around the cardboard:      

5.  I then fold in the edges like and envelope and then pin the fabric to secure.  A note here: I make sure to use stainless steel pins although I don’t plan to let the fabric or the pins get wet.  If you live in an area with super high humidity take this into consideration. 

And you are done!

 

I have used this technique for larger pieces of fabric but I normally don’t use it for pieces over one yard.  The piece below is about 3/4 of a yard.  I started by folding it in half to 22” and folded it the same way:  (In the picture, the selvedge is to the left and the fold of the fabric is to the right)

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