23 When To Trim Excess Fabric There are a lot of times when you may have excess fabric from finished appliqué or folded fabric that may not appear to not need trimming. Sometimes its hanging off to the side or you know the excess will be covered by additional fabric. These tips explain why trimming excess fabric is necessary and when. 1 If the fabric is not the final part of your seam allowance, you should always trim for a few reasons. Above you can see there is an excess fabric border hanging in the seam allowance. However it still has another border to do that will go over that excess. 2 Since we use placement stitches to show where to place fabrics, not trimming this excess can cause the presser foot to go under the excess fabric which will sew that excess to the presser foot and potentially pull your design out of the hoop. 3 As a good rule of thumb, the only time it is okay to leave excess fabric is when it is in the seam allowance and not overlapping any other future seam allowances. Also there are times where the excess may be under additional appliqué. If the excess is a darker fabric than the one being put down, it can cast a shadow through it.
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