Fill the small 50mL beaker to about 40 mL. Let's say we start off with the pH 6.5-10 paper. (If you happen to not have pH 6.5-10, use pH 1 to 14.) Dip the paper into the beaker with the tap water for just a couple of seconds. Then take it to the chart. For my water, it looks like the pH is between 6.8 and 7.1.
Target Areas of Fabric by Fussy Cutting. A fussy cut is a piece of fabric that's been cut to target a specific area of a print, rather than cutting the yardage into random pieces. How Are Fussy Cuts of Fabric Used? I Spy quilts can be made by cutting and sewing together all sorts of novelty and pictorial objects to showcase specific objects in a printed fabric.
Do not trim the canvas before blocking, but do clip the selvage every two inches. The selvage is precious-it's the easiest side to block, and doesn't ravel. Hemmed canvases are better than taped, as the hem gives the pins purchase. On large canvases-over three feet long-the hemmed edges may also need to be clipped.