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    Old 07-25-2009, 05:23 AM
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    I LOVE snorting that new fabric smell!
    I cannot get enough of it!
    Ok, I'll even go as far as letting out this other secret.....when someone sends me squishys, I snort on that too!
    Just gotta smell, sniff, snort it! Oh yea, can't forget the fondling and petting either!
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    Old 07-25-2009, 05:46 AM
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    I think your all crazy! LMAO! :lol:
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    Old 07-25-2009, 07:00 AM
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    LOL! Wanna hear another side to this story?

    I buy a lot of resale fabric and vintage sheets- I ALWAYS smell them first and a couple times I almost threw up the smell was so bad. Now I take a couple whiffs from far away before plunging my nose into the fabric.

    You don't find that problem with the new stuff... maybe my cheap finds are the crack to you guys's cocaine. LOL!
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    Old 07-25-2009, 07:26 AM
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    I love that new fabric smell and feel too, It pains me to prewash fabrics, but I have found from experience the hard way and it is a necessary evil. But until I throw my newly purchased fabrics in the wash, I linger over them as long as I can.
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    Old 07-25-2009, 07:50 AM
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    Sew now your telling me that it is the smell that helps them follow me home! I thought it was just the color, texture, and patterns that made them so irresitable! I must go test this today! :lol:
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    Old 07-25-2009, 10:24 AM
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    The smell you are all raving about is formaldehyde, used as a finish to prevent winkles, deter insects, and stop mildew. It is used extensively in the textile industry and is a known hazard. http://www.nycosh.org/workplace_hazards/formal.html
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    Old 07-25-2009, 12:59 PM
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    I am not sure they are using the same treatments as they used to. When I was younger, I would get a raging headache when ever I went into a Hancock's. It doesn't seem to bother me now.
    I just went to a local fabric shop that also does quilts and I found a pattern I was looking for, and of course some unsuspecting fabrics, that I really didn't need had to come home with me as well. The demos are all tomorrow, so I will just HAVE to go back! :?
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    Old 07-25-2009, 01:09 PM
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    I think its the cheaper material they use formaldehyde in, it holds the fabric together as the threadcount is less.
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    Old 07-25-2009, 02:14 PM
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    I must get my fix....need more new fabric.........
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    Old 07-25-2009, 02:39 PM
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    Oh yes--it's right up there with horses on a sunny day, straw, a barn full of hay, shavings, and Crayola crayons!
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