Michelle's quilting is fabulous! Check it out! http://www.heartandsoulquilts.com/

Found it - thanks. I spent a long time in your website this week admiring your work.

Patti

PattiSure wrote:

Thanks Patti! Glad you liked the website... it is in dire need of updating... but I am not sure I remember how to do that! LOL

You can purchase my quilting designs at http://www.digitechpatterns.com Scroll down to the designers name menu and click on me.

Ginochka, your quilt is going to be fabulous!

Ginochka, your layout is beautiful! I like that it reminds you of your grandmother. Very inventive!
Kathy

Hello everyone, I have enjoyed following this thread. Here is a partial layout of the blocks I have sewn so far. The idea was inspired by Edita's basket quilt in her book. I wanted to do a bowl of fruit block. When I visited my Italian grandmother when I was a child she would always serve a beautiful bowl of fresh whole fruits after the big hommade Saturday lunch.
I hope to get the top put together this week and I will post again. Ginochka

OOOPs, I meant to post this in what have you sewn so far, excuse my double post. G

Michelle, ditto what Margo said. I could never wrap my head around what was different about those two products. Your explanation finally sunk in! Thank you!

Michelle, your explanation is brilliant!! Thanks so much!!

Louise, the quilts are beautiful.

Kathy and Michelle, thank you so much for summing up so well the difference between Retayne and Synthrapol. I have struggled with that for a long time. I have saved both of your texts into a word document for future referrence.

Michelle, I just looked at your website and your work is absolutely wonderful! You mention you sell quilting designs. Where can I see pictures?

Patti

Easy way to remember the difference between Retayne and Synthrapol:

RETAYNE - It RETAINS the colors! Use this for prewashing store bought fabrics the first time, before they are cut and pieced into a quilt. This sets all colors so they won't bleed in the future. If you use retayne on a quilt that has bleeding, it will set and retain all the bleeding! Not good!!

SYNTHRAPOL - Pretend it's spelled SYN-TRAP-OL!! This TRAPS and lifts loose dye particles from fabrics, esp hand dyes and batiks. It can be used after fabric is cut and sewn into a quilt. It can be used to remove bleeding spots on quilts... you must use the hottest water you can, and it may take more than one washing. Try not to use the dryer until you know for sure the bleeding is out.

Shout or Woolite Color Catcher Sheets are great too and can be used with Synthrapol.

HTH

Louise, you are having an "over the top" quilting experience with all the gorgeous quilts you have been sharing with us! They must be included in Carol's book/CD...PLEASE!

Hugs,
Shirley

PattiSure wrote:
I second Patti's comment, Louise. Your quilts have been so beautiful. It's good to think of these going to people who need some comfort, too.

I have the Excel list of names from Debbie. I played around in Excel to get the sorting order and info I wanted. If anyone is an Excel phobe, I can help you get the results you want (first name and last name only, location, character counts, sorting, whatever). Let me know. Since I work, it might take me a day or so to get back.

Kathy

Judy, according to the Dharma trading website, Retayne is used on commercially dyed fabrics to keep the dye in the fabric when it is washed. Synthrapol is used for hand dyes or batiks with excess dye, it traps the dye in the wash water to keep it from depositing back on the fabric. I've got a BIG bottle of synthrapol but only a little one of Retayne, since I use batiks a lot and I dye fabric. That's what I'm going to do today, yippee!
Kathy