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My reels arrived in the post today! They are all sooooooo beautiful. Everybody's fabrics are so different and gorgeous. Thank you all for taking part in this exchange, I am so happy to have all of your reels and I can't wait to start using them. But first I think that I will just have a really good look at all of them and savor every one. Lorna and Rosemary I still can't get my head around how you sorted them all so a really big thank you from me for doing that bit and getting them all safely back to their happy new owners.
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Thanks Sue. Have fun playing with your reels.
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Whoop!!!!!
They're here and they are so beautiful  Thank you all ! |
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Hi Lisawantstoknow, Rita wants to know what was the name of the 'Synthrapol non-toxic alternative' that you got from the Dharma Trading Company?
Cathy, I hope you can find some time for yourself to quilt in between minding the grandchildren. I am sure it can't be easy right now. But do take care of yourself. I think of you often and hope things are getting easier for you as the days go by. We will all be reeling in the reels soon and then we can join Bren on the Show and Tell page. So exciting! |
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 From México, living in sunny Arizona. "Let your smile change the world... but don't let the world change your smile" |
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I mostly use Lisa's nr thee method
Sometimes I cut the edge by using the pinking blade on a rotary cutter, great invention I normally separate into general color groups and/ or lights / darks and always add a couple of the color catcher sheets If I wash a quilt that had been made with unwashed fabrics I use a whole bunch of color catchers, half a box of those is a lot cheaper than trying to deal with a 'runny' quilt  |
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Reetzbobeetz wrote:
We use front-loading automatic washing machines here and usually the fabric comes out of the machine in a tangled mess. So what I am wondering is this, does anyone know if that thing of cutting a tiny corner off the fabric will prevent this and or will hand washing do instead? Margo and Michelle, thanks for the details of how you are doing it. I know that they will come in useful when I get back on Sunday. Rita. Hi Rita, I have a front-loading HE washing machine too, and I was really having trouble with fabric fraying and tangling in the wash! I did some research and found three options. 1) use pinking shears on the raw edges of fabric before pre-washing. (This would have been cool, except my hands cramped up!) 2) if fabric is not batiks or hand-dyes, don't use an entire wash cycle. Just use a rinse/spin cycle and dryer setting similar to what you'll be washing the finished product in. 3) since I mostly use batiks & hand-dyes, I got some of Dharma Trading Company's non-toxic Synthrapol alternative from their website, to suspend the dye particles in the washer, did a stretched out narrow zig-zag stitch on all the raw edges (some short yardage I just sewed raw edges together contiguously, which saved thread & fabric tangles, but later I felt like I just HAD to seam-rip 'em apart before pressing them), and used the "extra rinse" button on my washer. I ALSO threw in one of those Bounce Dye Catcher sheets (may have the name wrong) into the washer, and boy, did they turn bright colors, so I knew they were collecting the dye particles that the Synthrapol-alternative was keeping suspended in the wash water. Number 3 has worked the best for me.... I've washed 10 loads of fabric just this week! No bleeding on the lighter value fabrics in the same color family. My hands don't cramp when machine sewing, and hardly cramp at all when seam-ripping (especially compared to trying to use my pinking shears). Hope this helps, and I'd love to hear others' tricks for fabric washing in front-loader high-efficiency machines!!! |
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Michelle Wyman
Acworth, GA A1 Elite Longarm with IQ |
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