I'm having visions of a new project. How about a nice bra for Rapturelady made with Insulbrite?

:shock: :lol: :lol: 8-) :thumbup:

The burning and testing technique doesn't seem like a good idea now.

Lmbo

OK, I have to admit as far as boobies go raptureready gets the prize, looks like it is going to be heat resistant bra!

Cjmomma just needs asbestos cuffs to complete her haute couture sewing outfit.

I gave my 17 month old grandson a spoon and his own chocolate pudding....you get the picture....MESS :roll:

You don't get the booby prize cause that's just fuuny.

I thought so too after i cleaned him up and looked at the pics i took for his Mom. He went right in the tub! :oops:

When my son moved into his own apartment he had pink everything. Silly boy. I couldn't say to much because I have done the same thing too. :oops: :oops: :oops:

I must say I really like my new pink fabric. It has been growing on me all day. I think I will keep it that way. It goes really good with the red now. LOL.

Haha you guys are great! Thanks for the good laugh and the end of a long day.

I wash everything with a cup of white vinegar. No problem no matter how cheap the fabric. I also use vinegar in every regular wash load I do.

Been there done that! What I do is fill my washing machine with warm(not hot as it will set the die), then add several scoops of oxyclean and soak it for a few hours then add laundry soap and wash it. Some times you will have to repeat it again.

vinagar is great for washing and keeping colors bright but vinagar will set the die and it won't wash out.

I love black and pink together but have you tried a laundry fabric magnet. Right at the moment the name eludes me but do try washing again.

Sorry, but I can't help giggling at this image!!! Hope nobody saw it happen or you will never live it down! I promise I won't tell!

I have decided to keep it black an pink. Those 2 colors go very well together.

Somebody once told me that you have to have boobies to get the booby prize! Guess that's one prize I won't win!

OUCH !!!!!!!!!!!

Try adding about two cups of white vinegar to a machine rinse cycle...this has worked for me in the past!
Busy Hands...Happy Hearts
Patricia

if you really want the pink out try soaking in Biz overnight. Works wonders for me.

Oh, ouch,,, Yep, I have done that too..

[quote=raptureready]I did something like that once. I heard a siren right outside my window when I was hand sewing. I jumped up to see what was happening. I was barefoot. I dropped my needle and stepped on it. I found HALF of it on the floor. Couldn't get the other half out of my foot. It took the ER doc 15 minutes to get it out, and I was on crutches for DAYS. Did I mention that I was 15 years old and MORTIFIED when everyone asked me what happened.

I hate to burst everyone's bubble about vinegar. It may work with some dyes, but it doesn't work with ALL dyes. Ask me how I know. LOL. Always test the fabric you THINK you've fixed with vinegar by washing it AGAIN.

Hi Lisa_wanna_b_quilter,

I must admit, your story had me laughing. It would be something I would do. Lately, as I have been sewing rows of squares together, I keep sticking my fingers on the pins holding the rows together. Now, I am a person w/diabetes and I have to stick my fingers at least 3 times a day to check my blood sugar. I do not need extra pin pricks from the pins in my quilts!!! LOL!

i did the same thing last night....i must not have moved away fast enough cause it blistered a bit...kind of like a bad sunburn....i was sure i was the only one ever to do that one!!

I think I should get it because I let myself run out of the correct needles right in the middle of completing my quilt top and back.

Glad your liking your "New Fabric" - How about pictures so we can all see!

The burned girls is really funny. Sometimes I sit to iron because I've been on my feet all day and don't want to stand up anymore. I keep visualizing Dropping the Iron in my lap and having to explain that...that would NOT be funny!

You mean you DON'T???

Black and pink.... think "Elvis". :)

oh my, have fun with your new colors on your quilt

back when i was a newly wed, before 4 grand childern i washed a brand new red t-shirt with my husbands white underware it almost caused a divorce he had pink undies had to go and buy him all new undies i did not know what size so i got him etra larg he wore med. si i guess we all have done it.

Now you know or have confirmed what you already knew, never was anything red with anything else. A funny, not so funny, a local young man went off to college. He put his new jockey shorts in with everything else. He wore pink shorts for quite a while! Silvia

I think I'm in the running...I recently finished a king-size applique quilt - spent about a year doing all the hand applique, then put it all together with appliqued sashings and borders. I even sent it out to be machine quilted. It was beautiful! Then I decided I wanted to soften" it up, so put it in the washer with Downy and let it soak for a while (I've done that before with small charity quilts). When I went to put it in the dryer, I discovered that the red piping around the borders had run!!! Well, I immediately put it back in the washer with a couple of color catcher sheets. They turned a beautiful dark pink, but the quilt was still pink, too. Did this 2 more times, and the same thing happened. I did cry....but put it in the dryer anyway - didn't want it to mildew. Does anyone have any suggestions????

i have used a product called awsome and it has worked a few times but i had not put the quilt in the dryer yet

Okay the winner is Lisa wanna b quilter!!! That wins just for making us all laugh, I can just picture you all tangled with pins in your backside, hahahahaha ohh my side hurts, hahahahaha definitely something I would do. Glad your injuries are laughable and minor. Thanks for sharing, I needed that.

Cjomomma, I have a wonderful pattern that is made with black and pink fabric that I want to make, but I can't find the material in the quilt shops. You gave me an idea about washing red material with the black and white material!! Eiltcoq.

I am glad my I could help. :) :) :).

My booby prize entry is for last night.

First, the last square in this quilt I had to make THREE times because I kept putting the units in the wrong configuration.

Then I sewed the second set rows together wrong. Unsewed it about 12 inches when I realized I was ripping out the wrong seam. So I had to sew THAT seam back together, when I did I got fabric from the other rows folded in the seam and had to rip that out.

I gave up and decided that knitting sounds like a better hobby!

Been there and done that.
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