It's probably the first thing you need to get your head around in hat making, 'cutting on the bias'. It's one of those techniques that if you don't get it immediately, it will torment you. Achieving a couture finish is impossible without employing this technique. So forget everything that you have read or tried, blank your head.
Now take a deep breath, and follow these steps:
1. Roll out your fabric with the finished edges (selvedges) parallel with the edge of the
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