2020 Fabric Moratorium
11-16-2020, 12:19 AM
#1141
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Originally Posted by Julienm1
Irish not sure. I know I did make a batik w/h drunkard's path pattern. Did have lots of color and it was over our sofa when I took the pic.
11-16-2020, 12:40 PM
#1144
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Location: Southwest Idaho
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Thank you, Connie!!
Julie....welcome and congratulations on GGD. You’ll be busy preparing for the little sweetheart. And, a sign “no more fabric” works until the on-line fabric stores send their daily emails. I just delete them without looking at them...mostly...lol..
Julie....welcome and congratulations on GGD. You’ll be busy preparing for the little sweetheart. And, a sign “no more fabric” works until the on-line fabric stores send their daily emails. I just delete them without looking at them...mostly...lol..
11-17-2020, 06:35 PM
#1145
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Today, I swam around in my craft closet and stumbled on some orphan blocks from a QOV I did about 2 years ago. Found a panel on shelf I forgot I had, looked up the QOV required measurements, and sat down on EQ8 and designed another QOV. Should have the top done tomorrow...and I might have the backing, too. Once done, I’ll contact my Vet friend in California to provide a recipient name. He has a non-profit that supports Vets and he is the one I make QOV’s for. IpI’ll share picture when done...
11-18-2020, 03:34 AM
#1146
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Teen, Love your comment about "swimming" in your stash. 
That is what I did last week-end. A local organization is including face masks in their holiday food/gift baskets. I dove in pulled out lots of smallish odds and ends for masks and linings. No quilts finished this week but a very tightly packed shoe box of masks by the week-end! Wow does that project eat up small cuts of fabric. I feel like I have cleaned house in my stash closet. Making masks also resulted in lots of mini scraps for dog beds! Now on to the finish!
I am so impressed with the number of folks who are finishing quilts and so on from what they have on hand. On the whole we have been blessed with an abundance of fabrics and with this year's determination, and an abundance of Covid caution, we are using our stash and that feels really good. Keep pressing on to your personal goal everyone, the end of the year is coming when we can .........do this all again.
That is what I did last week-end. A local organization is including face masks in their holiday food/gift baskets. I dove in pulled out lots of smallish odds and ends for masks and linings. No quilts finished this week but a very tightly packed shoe box of masks by the week-end! Wow does that project eat up small cuts of fabric. I feel like I have cleaned house in my stash closet. Making masks also resulted in lots of mini scraps for dog beds! Now on to the finish!I am so impressed with the number of folks who are finishing quilts and so on from what they have on hand. On the whole we have been blessed with an abundance of fabrics and with this year's determination, and an abundance of Covid caution, we are using our stash and that feels really good. Keep pressing on to your personal goal everyone, the end of the year is coming when we can .........do this all again.
11-18-2020, 01:17 PM
#1148
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Originally Posted by oksewglad
I dare not swim in my stash...first of all I can't swim...second of all I would be drowning in an ocean of color!WMUteach...using my stash, for me, has forced me to work with fabrics that I’m sick of. Lol... it helps when a piece of fabric looks different when used in another project... I’ve had this stack of deep purple scraps staring at me...I need to do something with them so I think I’m going to make some totes..
11-18-2020, 01:59 PM
#1149
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Originally Posted by Iceblossom
Oksewglad, I thought about this after I posted. I'd say the weave of AMB is a solid more like batiks, whereas Kona is more like standard prints. Both are high quality and can be used together but there are differences.
Would you consider that a reasonable assessment? I know from my own time in a fabric shop back in the early 80s, I developed preferences and preconceptions based on some brands. There has always been cheap fabric, but it seems to me that the feel of the greige goods for say Concord was pretty much the same back in the 80s as Hoffman, but what made the real differences were the saturation and sophistication of the dyes.
With more modern fabric, I'm seeing more variation of greige goods than before but then I don't work retail and don't allow myself in shops much any more
Would you consider that a reasonable assessment? I know from my own time in a fabric shop back in the early 80s, I developed preferences and preconceptions based on some brands. There has always been cheap fabric, but it seems to me that the feel of the greige goods for say Concord was pretty much the same back in the 80s as Hoffman, but what made the real differences were the saturation and sophistication of the dyes.
With more modern fabric, I'm seeing more variation of greige goods than before but then I don't work retail and don't allow myself in shops much any more
11-18-2020, 02:01 PM
#1150
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Originally Posted by Teen
There are worst ways to die....besides, your batting scraps would keep you afloat....sounds like paradise to me..lol..
WMUteach...using my stash, for me, has forced me to work with fabrics that I’m sick of. Lol... it helps when a piece of fabric looks different when used in another project... I’ve had this stack of deep purple scraps staring at me...I need to do something with them so I think I’m going to make some totes..
WMUteach...using my stash, for me, has forced me to work with fabrics that I’m sick of. Lol... it helps when a piece of fabric looks different when used in another project... I’ve had this stack of deep purple scraps staring at me...I need to do something with them so I think I’m going to make some totes..
