Fabric may need to be
straighten for two reasons:
When purchasing
fabric it should have been cut on a weft thread.
Fabric needs
to be straightened when sewing garments. Your fabric might not be
straight most likely because it was bad cutting by the clerk, or because it could have
been "twisted" or "pulled" out of line on the bolt by the manufacturer.
To straighten woven
type of fabric, snip a little cut at the selvage edge and then rip or tear
to the other end. Pull thread until one long thread goes from one
end of the salvage to the other. Also for woven fabrics you could
get a pin, find a thread near the cut end, and pull it until it is from
one end of the salvage end to the other.
To straighten corded
type fabrics use a square or ruler and set at a right angle to the selvage
edge. Mark with chalk.
For jersey and knit
fabric, follow one line of stitch across the wrong side (ugly side) and
mark that line of stitching with pins.
If you fabric is not
straight because it was "pulled" out of line on the bolt by the
manufacturer, pull the fabric diagonally (on the bias) so that the threads
are drawn into a line and the edges of the straightened end lie evenly
together.
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