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catmcclure 08-17-2011 08:19 AM


Originally Posted by Summer Spice
So very sorry for you and the others loss. This may help, fill a container full of dry yardage and then weigh it. Find out how much yardage is in a pound and multiply it by the weight of the tub. May-be?

Equilter lists fabric end cuts by the pound and says one pound of fabric equals about 3 to 3-1/2 yards.

wvdek 08-17-2011 08:19 AM

I just wanted you to know how badly I feel for you. I hope everything works out for you.

charity-crafter 08-17-2011 08:31 AM

Wow, how horrible to lose all that fabric. And everything else you may have lost. I'd hate to throw out all that fabric, couldn't you take it out to the back yard and use a garden hose to get the worse off and then throw it in one (or 3) of those large machines at the laundry mat?

And before people start yelling, I've never been in a flood where sewage was involved. I really am asking for the knowledge in case it ever happens to me. And I love fabric and hate to lose good fabric.

callie 08-17-2011 09:29 AM

I recently asked an insurance agent and now I have to measure my material and make an index with picture. Probably need to do the same thing with my embroidery patterns - oh my, now I really am n ot looking forward to this process (LOL). SO SORRY - wish I could help you.

jeanneb52 08-17-2011 10:08 AM

OHHHH such a terrible thing, all of it. Sorry to hear of your losses but as long as you and the family are fine that's all that really matters. Cliche but true. Good luck with the insurance!

oneteappot 08-17-2011 11:12 AM

We live in the Kenmore area. We were out in that storm on Sunday in the Cuyhoga Valley Park area it was terrible. I couldn't believe the 'rivers of water' on the roads!

sylviasmom 08-17-2011 01:21 PM

3 yards of fabric equal a pound. Don't know about batting. Will check my large container and give you an estimate as how much fabric I have it. Hopes this helps.

nhnative 08-17-2011 01:28 PM

I go through the National Park everyday and I had been there the day before and thought that the water looked really low. Then it rained and here come the floods. It seems like it just can't rain normal. I used to live in NH and it would only flood if you were near a river. I'm having trouble with my porch roof. I had a brand new one put on when I had the house and garage done. It's worse than the one I had. This winter when we got the ice storm it backed up and froze on it and then it separated from the house. I had it nailed back up but it rains in the porch so I think I need a new one. It's not even 3 years old. Where you in the flooding when Copley got flooded? Pat

oneteappot 08-17-2011 01:47 PM

Yes, that's when it happened. Our whole neighborhood got hit. First time int the 37 years that we have lived here.

nhnative 08-17-2011 01:54 PM

That was really bad. Then with the Copley killings last week. And that is an upscale neighborhood.. I guess you just never know. Pat


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