I mean like if you are cutting apples, do you smell apples? Tonight I was cutting candycane fabric and all of a sudden I smelled peppermint. :lol:

Ahhh, the power of suggestion! :lol:

I am so glad I am not the only one. I was pressing some lavender fairy frost fabric and I smelled lavender. I thought I was losing my mind.

I can't say I've ever smelled my fabric, but I'll try again tomorrow. :-D

Fabric sniffing? Now I know were addicted!!!

Interesting???

Have you been spiking your tea again????? :lol: :lol:

Hmmmmmm. Wondering about you......

I don't smell the pictures of what's in/on the fabric, but I do smell fabric when I get it/buy it. Ok, I snort it......lol

Ahhh, I love the smell of sizing in the morning! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Sorry for the hijack!! Just wanted to say I love your lattice work in your picture. Did you hand applique or machine piece? Just being nosey! :oops: :D

Hi sewcrafty, no problem!! The lattice blocks are machine pieced. They are actually autograph blocks. The quilt was made for my grandfather's 90'th birthday. Friends and relatives signed it at the big party we threw him, and then he collected more autographs over the years. There is actually a topic about it.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-29501-1.htm

Thanks for asking. Come to think about it, there are a lot of "smell memories" that quilt can evoke! :D

Oops, I forgot to attach this photo:

Totally following the hijack...what a lovely idea with the signature quilt! :D

The only thing I have been smelling lately is cigarette smoke. My Aunt who passed away a 1 1/2 ago is paying me a visit. She must be having a good time with my Native American Lady ghost and the ghost cat we have.

You smell cigarette smoke when there is nobody around you smoking??? I thought I was the only one!!! I wonder if your Aunt is visiting me too? If so, I must tell her she's a little off course and send her on her way. :shock:

oh my...kwhite has this funky fabric with...ok, never mind :shock:

ahhh, true confessions :wink:

your not being nosey, that's what this thread is about...do you stick your nose in stuff?
my answer: um, no! I actually believe I am allergic to new fabric...stuff they put on it. Makes me dizzy, lightheaded and sometimes my nose runs...in the fabric store, where there's a lot and I get to fondling everything...huh...except for the drippy nose, sounds kind of like a rondevous :lol:

I smell 'fire', when there isn't any. I get up sometimes from a dead sleep and walk through the house to make sure! Am I ok? you guys do that, right?

Mine just talks to me. No scents from it yet.

Good one. ;)

what? your fabric has no sense...um scents, lol :wink:

well, dunno if my fabric smells like the pictures, but I do talk to it, and I hug it and....well...we have an understanding.
I adore it, and it soaks it up. win-win :thumbup:

Nope, maybe it was the cola I was drinking (virgin). :lol:

I smell cigar smoke too when there is no one smoking. (ours is a smoke free house) My Mom said my Grampa like the occasional cigar maybe it is him.
Let her visit she loved to travel and see new places. Do you have any Bud Light? It was her favorite beer, if so she may stay for a few rounds.

Oh Yes, I can smell a quilt shop for 20 miles..............

Every once in a while I smell my SIL's perfume and she has been gone for 35 years. My Dad passed 7 years ago and my Mom 2 years ago. I still smell his cigars and her powder.

Very, very nice!!! Be proud!

OHHHHH You are bad. I put "THAT" fabric on pillow cases and so I have my face right next to it and it does NOT smell like "THAT".

ROFLMAO!! Did you know that there's such a thing as "scent exhaustion"? If you smell something long enough, the scent receptors in your nose stop processing the odor, so you stop smelling it. :lol: :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I'm butting in now -

gaigai wrote:
"Did you know that there's such a thing as "scent exhaustion"? If you smell something long enough, the scent receptors in your nose stop processing the odor, so you stop smelling it."

TRUE! I work on a lavender farm. My DH says I "stink of it" when I get home from work - he hates it. I can't smell a thing.

I keep the door to my sewing room closed so no odors (or the cat) get in there. I love to open the door and smell that fresh fabric smell!

send me the pillow that you dream on...
don't you know that I still laugh with you?
Send me the pillow that you drool on,
So darling I can drool on it too... :lol: :-P

tee hee...I do this when i am cooking! I thought I was being ocd-ish! If you do it Pam, it must be ok:thumbup:

Absolutely not OCD! You know how odors get into fabrics and stay. Cooking odors, smoke, etc. It's just protecting your investment. :)

Saying anything to you about this would only egg you on. Too much!!!

me too

WEIRD---WEIRD---WEIRD ... but VERY interesting!!! :?

i have a friend when shopping for fabrics will smell out a yard of fabric and be 99% correct at checkout.

Wow! I'm so happy to hear that other folks experience this too. My Gram smoked, she rolled her own and her old Velvet cigarettes smelled different than the commerical made brands. Sometimes I smell this smoke and I think of Gram. She passed away about 28 years ago. She must be checking up on me seeing if I still mind my P's & Q's, even tho' I am 66 now.

Yes, I can smell my fabric and sometimes the dye that is used in some can be down right stinky.