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Originally Posted by angieh1964

i like the way the red took it kinda has a tie dye look which fits nice with the paisley i too have been considering using bandannas as my hubbie is a welder and wears headwraps and would love for our quilt to be bandanna print and can not find any anywhere if i find some it is usually one color and that is it and it is usually not black white or red as this is the colors i would like to use and since we have dogs not sure how well the bandannas would hold up

google "bandanna print fabric"... I found these

http://www.jandofabrics.com/proddeta...?prod=sku00010
(I'm going to get some of this for myself! DH lives in bandannas)

http://www.craftconn.com/Main.asp?Ta...roductID=17276

There are even more if I spell it right
:lol:

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Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm

Don't you just want red & black bandanas? Looks cool
They have them at Michaels & the cloth is decent.

All we got is Wal-Mart and the only black and white bandanas they have are the paisley ones. I didn't like the chopped up paisley design. It works for the test run, but I'd rather find something with better design. And the fabric was so thin that it was hard to sew at times.

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Originally Posted by janRN

I needed red bandana print for a quilt with dogs on it. I went to Walmart and bought red bandanas. I really had to keep soaking them until they quit bleeding. They are thin but I found out if I starched them until they were stiff they were easy to work with. Plus, they're pretty big and I was cutting strips, too. Got a lot of strips from each and had a bandana left over for my dog to wear. Just a suggestion-thought this might be easier for you than dying them. Good luck-can't wait to see your finished project.

Oddly enough I had thought if I had starch they would have been easier to sew.

I'm perfectly okay with getting some cotton prints and dying them myself, but thanks for the offer. :)

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Originally Posted by PennyLynn

Did you die in the washing machine? I have a new front loader and not sure how that would work.

I hand-dyed mine.