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Three women sit on a wooden floor around a collection of papers and fabric swatches. The woman on the left wears a turquoise outfit and holds a booklet with colored squares. The woman in the center wears a grey patterned top and leans over a large sheet of paper with a ruler. The woman on the right wears a yellow top with a pink scarf and holds a green object while looking at the paper. A smartphone lies on the floor nearby, and a chair is visible in the background.
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Wednesday 9 September 2026

Correcting a 4.5 cm fabric cutting error

Facilitated by Shabana K H

During stitching, a critical error occurred when paper templates of 4.5 cm were cut as 4.5 inches, because inches are the standard unit in the industry. The error surfaced when the cut pieces did not fit the target design model, so the team reviewed the templates and layout measurements together. They fixed the problem by making precise new templates, recutting the fabric to 4.5 cm, and finishing the assembly.

Always cross-check the unit before cutting. The templates were 4.5 cm. Read as 4.5 inches, a whole batch of fabric was cut to the wrong size and had to be recut.

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