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Tink's Mom 12-11-2010 04:54 PM


Originally Posted by Chele
Upcycling maggots. You go girl!

The chickens got a treat!

:thumbup:

sandilee 12-11-2010 05:13 PM

Can only imagine what the fabric goes thru at and from the mill to transporting it and to the retailer. Fabrics take a long journey before its final destination.

klgreene 12-11-2010 05:59 PM

GROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! ! I hate magots. I can take spiders, but not maggots.......oh sick.

CarrieAnne 12-11-2010 06:13 PM

Oh, barf from me too. I can handle about ANY bug but those. I really would have thewillys too! And I am afraid of bed bugs....my!!!!

Ladyjanedoe 12-11-2010 06:19 PM

This can be a touchy subject. I know people who are just as avid about NOT prewashing as you are about washing. I have some interesting conversations with these folks.
Personally, I'm a washer.
The maggots were a real bummer but congrats on the rest of your find.

quiltsRfun 12-11-2010 09:07 PM


Originally Posted by Candace
I hope the freecycle people prewash too:< I feel bad, but I don't have any way to warn them. What's odd is that this fabric looked in almost pristine condition and had no issues. And it washed and dried up fine. But, YIKES.

Since they had it stored in a shed something probably just crawled inside the bag. Glad you got it taken care of before it turned out to be a real problem.

Candace 12-11-2010 09:11 PM

Since I took 8 bags, it might have been in one of them or all of them. I don't know. There were about another 8 bags left. Mainly non-cotton stuff. I hope whoever bought those bags is also a prewasher.

Tropical 12-11-2010 09:15 PM

I'm a prewasher, too. I have never purchased fabric anywhere except at a fabric shop. I suppose something could come into my home from there, too. I wash all fabric as soon as I get it home. Not for the above reasons. Just because I can't wait to get started using it or to iron it and save it for later.

MegsAnn 12-12-2010 02:30 AM

GROSS!!! I would've jumped around wiggling... those give me the heebie-jeebies, especially when they're a surprise. Lucky you caught 'em in the bag. Bleh. :)

TN Donna 12-12-2010 02:49 AM

That was gross.


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