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Originally Posted by Ducky
Welcome, Laurel!
Luv, I really like that border fabric! I've looked and looked and haven't seen anything I'd use. Where did you find it? i found it at Hancock Fabrics. DH and i went to Oklahoma City for the day and we stopped there. |
Losie...that is a huge quilt you will be doing. I can see why your knees are sore, mine would be too!
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Originally Posted by Fabric Galore
I went camping for 4 days this past week and when I got home my fabric from Connecting Threads had arrived. I love it! My background fabric is called Coal but it has shades of black, dark gray and dark brown depending on the light. I also ordered some FQ of batik and I need to prewash everything. The fabric is prettier than I expected.
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In case any one is interested Hancocks is having a great sale on Batiks, here is the link
http://www.hancocks-paducah.com/SubC...-Price--m-3772 |
Oh I darenīt look at any more fabric at the moment, going to plod along with what I have for the time being till I run out.
Going to wash my fabrics in the sink method and see what happens to the dark colours will try a few lights just in case I see Yellow is a baddy and bleeds a lot. Yes sure will post on how to do this. It will be better to do this because it will show all the pretty quilting on the back and I like that- It weill be nearer the time though ladies got a lot on at the moment and need to one more block of AOTH before I can show you. Okay off to take my 3 dogs for a walk, not so nice here to day bit overcast again |
Okay update, beautiful day now sun is shining a bit windy.
I washed my very darkest Batiks and my lightest just one of each to see how it went. Result was the did NOT bleed. I think they are probably very good batiks I was given them by a dear friend on the board, sorry I canīt remember the name of the batiks. Hope y'all are having a good day. Elle |
Losie, I hope you have a Long Arm for quilting that quilt. It's huge!!!
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Good morning all,
Luv, that is a pretty border fabric. Elle, I too would love to hear about the QAYG. I am enjoying reading about all the plans everyone is making, Keep 'em coming. I need to wait until at least April to finalize and buy anything for this project....need to focus on what I am doing now and get things finished. So Ducky, are you going with the chocolate brown background? I'd love to hear about which fabrics you are going with. BTW, did you all see Patti's DJ quilt? It is bsolutely, spectacularly magnificent! She posted it in the Pictures section. |
Elle, glad your batiks didn't bleed. It might be a good idea to check a corner of each one as you add more to the mix though, just to test them. I haven't had the batiks shrink on me, but I have had them bleed. That includes the expensive ones from the LQS. So..there is no guarnentee!
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Thanks Candi...I can't wait to get my fingers in AOTH...it is gonna be a beauty too! I tell ya'll, with Lesley being without her internet connection....when she comes back she will have not only "jumped the gun"...she will have "leaped in big bounds" over the gun!! LOL!!
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