Tangle Mess!
07-23-2012, 02:20 PM
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My new washer has a hand washing cycle. It is perfect for washing fabric. No ravels at all, not even on the pre cuts. It was the main reason I bought it. I don't put fabric a yard or less in the dryer. I let it damp dry then iron it.
07-24-2012, 03:03 AM
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I'm a newbie and I learned that all fabric should be washed before cutting and sewing. Did that and my material came out a tangled mess. Had to get scissors and snip out tangles from one material to another. What should I have done? Any suggestions or is this a common problem?
I learned this from my mother who has been quilting forever! And you know- Mothers are never wrong - especially when they are 96 years old. And, I am almost 74, so by now I should know! She doesn't chew her cabbage twice, so it is a case of learn now or never learn! I have learned to learn to learn!!!!!!! Edie
07-24-2012, 03:38 AM
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I have some 20 year old quilts that are used almost everyday - they are our 'couch quilts' - used Coats & Clark dual duty thread (cotton over polyester) - the thread worked great in my machines - it's held up great in the quilts -hasn't 'cut' the cotton fabric - threads haven't broken -
What is the problem with it - other than that it WAS available at stores like WalMart, Hancocks and JoAnn ???
If any one wants to get rid of their old, awful, crappy, cotton-covered cotton over polyester Dual Duty Coats & Clark thread, I would be happy to pay postage costs to 'take it off their hands' and relieve them of the torture of using that kind of thread.
What is the problem with it - other than that it WAS available at stores like WalMart, Hancocks and JoAnn ???
If any one wants to get rid of their old, awful, crappy, cotton-covered cotton over polyester Dual Duty Coats & Clark thread, I would be happy to pay postage costs to 'take it off their hands' and relieve them of the torture of using that kind of thread.
07-24-2012, 03:48 AM
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I only wash pieces that are over two yards! Fat quarters and 1/2 yards and even one yard that I am going to cut into squares I do not wash until the quilt is put together, and quilted and bound. Then it gets washed. I feel that if you wash a small piece you are going to lose more than you have, so I don't - and I have not had one problem yet!
I learned this from my mother who has been quilting forever! And you know- Mothers are never wrong - especially when they are 96 years old. And, I am almost 74, so by now I should know! She doesn't chew her cabbage twice, so it is a case of learn now or never learn! I have learned to learn to learn!!!!!!! Edie
I learned this from my mother who has been quilting forever! And you know- Mothers are never wrong - especially when they are 96 years old. And, I am almost 74, so by now I should know! She doesn't chew her cabbage twice, so it is a case of learn now or never learn! I have learned to learn to learn!!!!!!! Edie
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