Boom 22, 3 month group - Later
#1921
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Wisconsin-Alabama Gulf Coast Snow Bird
Posts: 2,197
Terri, I would love to have a pontoon boat here in Alabama. We are on Perdido Bay and can travel the intercoastal waterways. Our friends have a pontoon that has a bathroom, I couldn't believe it when I saw it!
#1922
Super Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Wisconsin-Alabama Gulf Coast Snow Bird
Posts: 2,197
Several of you are on the ball for the next boom, already buying and cutting fabric. Since that’s the case, a reminder for those interested in Boom 23, fabric cuts should be 11x18 if possible, but not a thread less than 10x18. And that size is after washing and removal of selvages. This round I had two pieces with selvages and several that shrank when I hit them with starch. They shriveled before my eyes. Had I made the rookie mistake of starching after the block was made, well, it wouldn’t have been pretty. Please, please, please pre-wash or cut very generously. Thank you!
Nothing specific for the rose fabric, just wanted something feminine.
#1923
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Mn
Posts: 6,697
Cheese several of our friends have bathrooms on their pontoon. Pretty darn nice. The boat dh is looking at doesn’t have a Bimini cover, he said we won’t need it because we can go faster. Told him when we are just leisurely trolling the lake we will need a shade cover. Not interested in going fast all the time.
#1926
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 1,386
Love all the chatter and pics - now I'm hungry for waffles - beautiful runner, MJP! And I want to get out on a lake - I'm happy on a pontoon, boat or jetski
Pondering the next Boom - exciting to see fabric selections already!
Pondering the next Boom - exciting to see fabric selections already!
#1929
Cauliflower, one of the foods I hated until my 40s that I now cannot live without, especially tossed with garlic, evoo, and a little salt and then roasted. Oh my gosh...
So Laters, it appears the last package has made it to the local post office and should arrive today. I’m planning to ship Tuesday or Wednesday. Most if not all of you should have them by the weekend. Woo hoo!
So Laters, it appears the last package has made it to the local post office and should arrive today. I’m planning to ship Tuesday or Wednesday. Most if not all of you should have them by the weekend. Woo hoo!
#1930
You know, PamelaOry, that was my goof and I woke up and realized it out of a sound sleep. No, you cannot skip the prewashing. Per the swapping rules of the QB, fabrics are to be pre-washed. That being said, it’s obvious to me - in most cases - which fabrics have been pre-washed, and which have not. I haven’t pushed the issue too much but really, if the QB’s rules are to pre-wash then please pre-wash. Their house, their rules. Honestly, most of the fabrics are loaded with chemicals anyway and some swappers have sensitivities to them. And, as I said earlier, I had fabrics shrink right before my eyes when dampened with starch. Had I made a block with them and decided to press with a little starch or steam, the block could have shrunk and good-bye perfect 12 1/2 inch square. Pre-washing the fabric you send, as well as those you use on the blocks you make for other is just a plain good idea.
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