Originally Posted by
Sam Poodles
Double eeeewwwww!!! I would not go back to that store. I called a couple of shops here and they had NEVER had such things. I even called a shop I used to go to in FL and asked them....
I no longer wash and won't because I spent almost more time washing and ironing my fabric than sewing and I decided to liberate myself.
I know you are in a tropical area but I used to live in FL also and never had anything like that. I know the big box stores have truckloads come in and sometimes the goods are not stored in sealed, a/c areas.
I know I never thought about this either & I have been buying fabric for over 40 years. It may be a small, small number of times that this could happen...I just wanted y'all to know that it COULD happen. Or maybe something was in the bolt next to the one you picked up. The bolt I was buying was a batik from Indonesia but I routinely wash everything anyway. As a matter of fact I have 2 bolts of Home Dec fabric that is dry clean only & it is driving me crazy NOT being able to wash it. I only bought it because it goes so well with my family room, I want to make drapes with it. And like I said the store is clean & well taken care of..they can not help what comes inside the folds of the fabric. This fabric was a recent delivery.