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Step 2Do the Test Cut
Using either duct-tape or the palm of your non-cutting hand as leverage, secure one leg of the legging on a hard, flat, indestructible surface (read: wooden cutting board). With your Xacto Knife (Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife is my personal fave), make a small horizontal test cut - NO MORE than an INCH AND A HALF in width - at the foot end of the leg.
This exercise will illuminate the power of the Xacto knife, as your cut will probs slice through the front and back of the material to the surface you're working on. This is okay, as long as you keep your cuts short. If your slice spans the full width of the legging, you risk hacking off the material entirely and having nothing to show for your DIY dalliance as a result. I'm just saying.
This exercise will illuminate the power of the Xacto knife, as your cut will probs slice through the front and back of the material to the surface you're working on. This is okay, as long as you keep your cuts short. If your slice spans the full width of the legging, you risk hacking off the material entirely and having nothing to show for your DIY dalliance as a result. I'm just saying.
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