Scrappy Log cabin quilt - aka - Playing with the Trash II
12-08-2010, 02:37 AM
#84
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Location: Windy City Area...IL
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Ab-sew-lutely magnifico!!! SEW reminiscent of "yesterdays quilts"!!! The quilts of "today are lovely" BUT they do not tell "a story" as the "scrap quilts". I LUV this one.....I can just imagine the hours it would take to sit and go over the story of each fabric included. Surely would keep one busy for a time.
Thank You for keeping this tradition "alive"!
Thank You for keeping this tradition "alive"!
12-08-2010, 02:45 AM
#85
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Location: Mid-West
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I love your quilt.One of my 1st was a LC using scraps of blues,mauves etc.Was glad to see the last of those colors.:-) I never pre wash either, but also use dye magnets,been lucky so far, but they're worth the cost.
Originally Posted by Yvonne
Thank you!
I was also going to tell you that when I washed that quilt I tossed in a couple of dye catchers with it. Oh, those babies are worth their weight in gold! Both dye catchers came out RED!! and yet, look at the white on that quilt. Still white. Am I lucky or what! (No, I don't prewash my fabric! No patience for washing,drying and ironing before I can cut and sew!)
So, if you have a quilt with fabric that might fade, I really do recommend using the dye magnets! Oh, yes!!
I was also going to tell you that when I washed that quilt I tossed in a couple of dye catchers with it. Oh, those babies are worth their weight in gold! Both dye catchers came out RED!! and yet, look at the white on that quilt. Still white. Am I lucky or what! (No, I don't prewash my fabric! No patience for washing,drying and ironing before I can cut and sew!)
So, if you have a quilt with fabric that might fade, I really do recommend using the dye magnets! Oh, yes!!
12-08-2010, 04:35 AM
#86
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Tzaneen, South Africa
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Absolutely wonderful. Very clever having the strap basket. I have started cutting some of my left overs into strips. Now i know why i must do it. I can imagine the time you have saved by having the strips already cut.
Lovely, thanks for sharing.
Cannot wait to see the stamp quilt next.
Lovely, thanks for sharing.
Cannot wait to see the stamp quilt next.
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