Anybody know anything about growing cotton?
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Such as... when is it planted, and how long into the growing season is it until you know whether you will get a good crop or not?
Wondering when we will start to get solid information about the 2011 cotton supply.
Wondering when we will start to get solid information about the 2011 cotton supply.
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Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I find it interesting that you would ask about growing cotton on a quilting website. Wouldn't you get better result by using Google?
Besides... we work with fabrics that are cotton, so there is a solid connection! :)
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When I read the title of the thread, I wondered how much land you had and thought now THERE'S a dedicated quilter....lol.
There is some very enlightening information in this thread. Interesting question.
Last year we went to NC in late October. I had never seen cotton bolls in the field - it looked like most of it had already been harvested, but there were still some here and there. My DH pulled off the road and picked a couple bolls out of the ditch, and it is now tucked behind my thimble shelf. :)
There is some very enlightening information in this thread. Interesting question.
Last year we went to NC in late October. I had never seen cotton bolls in the field - it looked like most of it had already been harvested, but there were still some here and there. My DH pulled off the road and picked a couple bolls out of the ditch, and it is now tucked behind my thimble shelf. :)
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I find it interesting that you would ask about growing cotton on a quilting website. Wouldn't you get better result by using Google?
Besides... we work with fabrics that are cotton, so there is a solid connection! :)
#17
Originally Posted by stewyscrewy
I was just talking to my local quilt shop owner and wndered if there was a way at home to work the cotton from plant to batting. I know I could sit here and get the old fashiond sinners to make thread. I could possibly get into the looming, and dyeing of fabrics. we both thought it would be a neat idea if we could make it work.
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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics
Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
I find it interesting that you would ask about growing cotton on a quilting website. Wouldn't you get better result by using Google?
Besides... we work with fabrics that are cotton, so there is a solid connection! :)
I thought she was going to grow her own cotton too. And then sell it to all of us for really cheap!!! But then I got to thinking....I haven't a clue on how they make fabric out of cotton balls. LOL.
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I can't believe you thought I wanted to grow my own cotton!
ROFL!
Seriously, I'm dedicated... but not quite THAT ambitious! Though... if it is a deer-resistant crop, maybe I should consider it.
But... didn't Scarlett O'Hara get terribly unladylike hands from her season picking cotton at Tara?
Oh, right, we have better garden gloves available these days.
This was definitely my laugh for the night!
And TonnieLoree, I really should see what Google has to say about cotton planting and harvest time. I've never sewn with hemp... and I don't have a marijuana patch (though I did grow a look-alike aralia houseplant until the spider mites killed it)... but I did find a batik fabric with marijuana leaves on it! ;)
ROFL!
Seriously, I'm dedicated... but not quite THAT ambitious! Though... if it is a deer-resistant crop, maybe I should consider it.
But... didn't Scarlett O'Hara get terribly unladylike hands from her season picking cotton at Tara?
Oh, right, we have better garden gloves available these days.
This was definitely my laugh for the night!
And TonnieLoree, I really should see what Google has to say about cotton planting and harvest time. I've never sewn with hemp... and I don't have a marijuana patch (though I did grow a look-alike aralia houseplant until the spider mites killed it)... but I did find a batik fabric with marijuana leaves on it! ;)
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