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    Old 05-27-2013, 02:36 AM
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    Glitter...or metallic? There is a difference.
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    Old 05-27-2013, 06:41 AM
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    Originally Posted by LavenderBlue
    What is your experience with these? Do you prewash? Eventually they must be washed in a quilt - hand wash, gentle cycle, cold water???? Do the sparkles wear off easily? I bought two such fabrics earlier today for a 4th of July quilt and now am wondering how to best take care of them. THX!
    Made a QAYG w/glitter fabric for one of the strips and the backing 3 years ago...it gets washed several times a year and still sparkles though not as much. It is used about half the year as she has other bedcovers (none handmade!!) and tries to rotate. She's 14 going on 27 now and hinting for another in the nowmosttrendy colors...What are the NOW colors, BTW
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    Old 05-27-2013, 07:55 AM
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    as time goes by, 10 yrs, I find it comes off. my glow in the dark ,still 20 yrs later glows, not as bright, but it glows. the glitter seems to stay, at least on the things I do
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    Old 05-27-2013, 08:22 AM
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    The glitter/sparkles do come off. I think it takes many washings before all comes off. I don't actively avoid the glittery fabric, and I don't worry too much about what happens to the glitter. i suppose I would worry more if I'd gotten some in my eye, though. There was some glittery glow in the dark fabric with cat eyes that just called to me a few years ago. It was very stiff, and still is even after washing.
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    Old 05-28-2013, 04:25 AM
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    I just washed a fat quarter that is the old "fairy Frost" with the glitter just yesterday....it looks like it did before washing. I use a lot of glitter and metallic fabrics and like one gal said, it takes quite a few washings for them to come off. I do use LQS fabrics, not the cheap quality.
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    Old 05-28-2013, 05:18 AM
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    I have never had a problem with the glitter fabrics I have used although I don't think I would use them with very small children or infants.
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    Old 05-28-2013, 06:09 AM
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    Originally Posted by Sandygirl
    Glitter...or metallic? There is a difference.
    Same thing with metallics ... some hold true with washings ... some wash off!
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    Old 05-28-2013, 07:46 AM
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    Originally Posted by QuiltE
    Same thing with metallics ... some hold true with washings ... some wash off!
    I have used glitter fabric in the past, sometimes even spraying my wall hanging with the glitter that comes in a can to give it the look I want but these are wall hangings and I never plan on washing them, but I agree I won't use the fabric in a quilt because of the glitter flaking off and getting into some one's eye.
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    Old 05-28-2013, 08:44 AM
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    I made a millenium quilt for my DGS for his graduation; It had a lot of sparkle and bling, and it still does today. He loves it and it is washed regularly
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    Old 05-28-2013, 09:35 AM
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    I pre wash them but use them as wall hangings.
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