I got a call from my DM yesterday telling me there was a flood in the basement, that a pipe that my DF had fixed twice already busted except this time it busted in the storage room. All I could think was oh no. I have a lot of stuff in there mostly in tubs with lids. Both my DM and I have a fabric habit and all of hers is stored in there and I have 3 tubs full of fabric. She says that a lot of her wooden nut crackers got wet ( she collects these). And that a tub of fabric also got soaked and that it was mine. I was like ok I will go get it and wash it, no biggy right, wrong. It couldn't be yardage no it had to be tiny scraps that I have been saving for a future use. I thought about throwing it away but some of these are 40 plus years old pieces. What a mess I had. Here is some of the pic's after some of it was washed. there was also 1 piece of about 6 yards that I had been looking for. The smell from the fabrics was horrible, no telling how many days it had set in the water in the heat from the basement.

If none of it molded, it's salvageable. It's still frustrating to have something "stored properly" and it still gets damaged.

Oh no, Carrie! What a yucky thing to have happen. Hope they didn't get too much damage. Glad you got your fabrics cleaned.
Don't ya just love surprises? :(

Glad you were able to save it :thumbup:

Is this a message to use them? How's THAT for being forced to take something out of storage!!!
You're a strong woman to tackle that job. :thumbup:

I haven't seen any mold just a fowl smell that seemed to come out in the wash. I have had to run my fingers under the washer thing that rotates and pull the small pieces out from under it. There was too many to try to hand wash, 2 washer fulls.

Wow, what a mess. Broken pipes always spell trouble but I'm sorry your poor fabrics got caught up in it. I'm glad you were able to salvage them.

The funny thing is I had been wanting to get my fabric from there but couldn't get to it cause there was too much in the way. Funny how God makes things happen for us.

I hope it all comes out in the wash. Sorry, I could not resist. Seriously, I am sorry about the bad news. I am thinking if 2 repairs have not worked it is time to call in a plumber even if it is only to find out what is going wrong and then FIL can fix it himself.
The plumber would charge about $80 for the call. I am thinking it would be $$ well spent.

I leave that up to them. it's not my home.