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    Thanks for this it will make it so much easier for those of us without a
    sewing machine.

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    You'll find that you can make a much neater-looking edge by melting rather than using fray-check. Get a small, flat piece of metal (I use a rectangle of aluminum flashing that is about 1/2" wide by 1 1/2 " long. Hold it with pliers and heat it up with a torch (over a stove eye woudwork). Press it to the cut edges and they will melt enough to never unravel...and you get a dead-straight edge every time.

    Bill
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    Happy patron of Jack of the Wood Celtic Pub and Highland Brewery in beautiful, walkable, and very kilt-friendly Asheville, NC.
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