We use quilts year round here. With the AC going most of the year it is still cool enough.

I decided to do a practice block of the frayed edges before proceeding with this quilt. After soaking it with water and agitating it with a toothbrush, it still took lots of work with my finger nails to get it to fray and scissors to clean up the edges. The top ones were clipped before washing. I think I like them better. The edges of the appliqués will be really soft once they are frayed. I may put this project on hold for awhile as I really want to make the Spider Web quilt that Gyleen Fitzgerald has in progress. It looks like lots of easy strip-piecing and I have an idea to use my sew-on-the-line paper technique for sewing the units together without cutting them first. So many projects, so little time... The resizing to 125% is working well for me so far. I have the instructions changed for this month and will continue to do that each month so when I do decide to work on the quilt I will be ready. Also that thread shrinks when it gets wet. It took lots of ironing to stretch it back while it was still wet. I will probably use a stabilizer under the rest of the appliqués, especially since I'm using a glue stick instead of fusible to hold them in place.

Same here!

Andrée

'Glugs' can be used with most any liquid as a unit of measure - red wine into a stew or bolgnaise(ish) type dish is most likely in this household

Rita, I'm with you on the South of France. I'm thinking we could just take over a city and name it anything we want!

Geneva

I learned a new word today. Fells like my grandson when he picks up words. He is 1½ years now and while we were having dinner he said very clearly: temperature. So cute! My new word is: glugs. Like the taste of it (doesn't have to be vinegar - uhh?)

Okay thanks Susan. I can relate to a couple of glugs!

Quilty in Co. Clare here in Ireland, although it has the perfect name, is not good enough because it would be too cold and windswept most of the time. I agree that it must be somewhere that we can use quilts some of the time, after all it is our raison d'être. Personally I would go for the south of France, somewhere with a bit of culture and heat, good food, fresh bread and croissants every morning, good coffee....you get the picture. Sorry for hijacking the thread for those of you who are tut-tutting right now.

I think for a half to 3/4 yard piece of fabric, about a gallon of water and a couple of glugs (isn't that scientific?) of vinegar...maybe 3/4 cup. I was just filling a big bin in the tub. Now, the culprits had several previous soaks, but this finally stopped any color in the water. Persistance!

I"m with Rosemary, where ever we go has to be cool enought to need quilts at least some of the time.

How much vinegar to how much water? The curious want to know.

Sometimes"old" is good !

FYI, I finally got two difficult fabrics to stop bleeding by adding white vinegar to the soaking water.

vmacqueen wrote: I'm sure you will be able to use your block in another project!

Andrée

Thanks I guess I don't read all directions , as I should . But I do usually learn from my mistakes. Wow can't believe I did this ii was just so anxious to complete block . Thank. You Victoria.

vmacqueen wrote: At the end of step 1, it says to trim HST to 2". Did you do that?

Andrée