Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • Fabric flaw! >
  • Fabric flaw!

  • Fabric flaw!

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 04-19-2012, 09:13 AM
      #1  
    Power Poster
    Thread Starter
     
    Join Date: Mar 2011
    Location: Ontario, Canada
    Posts: 41,535
    Default Fabric flaw!

    Don't you hate that! I was doing the final starch and pressing of my quilt back when I noticed a dark thread. I don't know how I missed it before but it is glaring at me now. At first I thought it was a loose thread but no, it's woven right into my cream floral. I bought 2 m. off the sale table and if I'd seen the flaw before cutting my backing to length, I could have avoided it. I am glad I didn't pay full price for it and I will applique something over it but still.....Thanks for letting me vent, I feel much better now.
    Tartan is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 09:28 AM
      #2  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jan 2012
    Location: The Colony, TX
    Posts: 3,364
    Default

    Sometimes there is a reason things are on the sale table - flaw, older fabric line, just not selling. Before I did anything I would quilt it and see if it show up then - chances are good that you may not notice it, especially after a washing!
    quiltstringz is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 09:30 AM
      #3  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: May 2011
    Location: Pacific NW
    Posts: 9,556
    Default

    Oh, what a bummer! Too bad the colors weren't reversed, you could have Sharpie-fixed it!
    Peckish is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 11:13 AM
      #4  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: May 2008
    Location: MN
    Posts: 24,643
    Default

    I've had that happen too! Even with full priced LQS fabrics!

    If I KNOW a fabric is flawed before I buy it, I am willing to deal with it. I do get upset when I'm not aware of the flaw until the fabric is in place.
    bearisgray is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 11:16 AM
      #5  
    Senior Member
     
    CarrieC's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2011
    Location: Virginia
    Posts: 811
    Default

    Originally Posted by bearisgray
    I've had that happen too! Even with full priced LQS fabrics!

    If I KNOW a fabric is flawed before I buy it, I am willing to deal with it. I do get upset when I'm not aware of the flaw until the fabric is in place.
    WOW me too - I feel just like you do Bearisgray!
    CarrieC is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 01:18 PM
      #6  
    Power Poster
     
    Jingle's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Dec 2009
    Location: Outside St. Louis
    Posts: 38,224
    Default

    I have bought some with a white streak on colored fabrics. Somehow the dye did not get to the white streak, usually not too big and I can recut the piece I need. Cost of fabric doesn't have anything to do with this happening.
    Jingle is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 06:00 PM
      #7  
    Super Member
     
    tjradj's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2010
    Location: London, Ontario, Canada
    Posts: 1,326
    Default

    Is there room for me on this wagon too? I just recently finished a WHITE on WHITE quilt X 2 When I was doing the final inspection I found little grey spots about the size of a pencil eraser. There were 2 on the front of one and one on the other. I tried everything, but could not get them out, so in the end, I made sure some quilty stitching went right over them and hoped for them to hide in the shadows.
    tjradj is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 06:06 PM
      #8  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Jun 2009
    Location: Perth, Western Australia
    Posts: 10,357
    Default

    It is irritating...but happens to all of us at one time. Like many, I'm fine if I spot it prior to working with it...I think you will find it will disappear once it's quilted.
    earthwalker is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 06:11 PM
      #9  
    Senior Member
     
    dixie_fried's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Nov 2011
    Location: Louisville, KY
    Posts: 386
    Default

    I wish I could say I have no idea how that feels, but, I totally sympathize.
    I finished pressing a quilt top that I pieced today. Made with Moda charm pack and Kona cotton. Found a 2 inch weaving flaw in a piece of the Kona. It's all stitched up in the middle of the quilt. I was fit to be tied!
    When you pay good money for what you believe to be good fabric, it can really make you angry to find a flaw AFTER you stitched it in.
    I just hope that quilting will make it disappear.
    dixie_fried is offline  
    Old 04-19-2012, 06:17 PM
      #10  
    Super Member
     
    GingerK's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Ontario, Canada
    Posts: 3,584
    Default

    Oh bin there and found that. So annoying and then you wonder why your eyes did not pick up on the flaw or stain or whatever, when you were piecing. I am about ready to insist on openning the fabric to its full width and inspecting it before cutting--especially the $10-$18 a meter stuff!!!
    GingerK is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    amelia0607
    Main
    40
    10-13-2013 06:52 AM
    MonnaL
    Main
    15
    10-23-2011 07:05 PM
    RedGarnet222
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    1
    04-13-2010 08:33 AM
    Lacelady
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    4
    09-04-2009 07:46 PM
    DazzleMe!
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    7
    05-21-2009 09:44 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter