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Old 04-25-2018, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray View Post
i think the answer is "what looks good to you"

remember to allow for the seam allowances - on both the dresden plates and the seam allowances.

do you know if your Mom used washed or unwashed fabrics?

if this was my project - inwould make sure all my "new" comp9nents were washed (shrunk)

and i would carefully soak the plates in hot water for about an hour - lay them on towels to dry - and go from there.

my reason for doing that - i think uneven shrinkage is unattractive .
I never would put any kind of fabric in hot water. This would age new fabric and weaken it.
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