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04-17-2011, 01:33 PM

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thrums

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Thanks for all of the links. Just when I think I have scoured the internet for all possible resources, you come up with more really great sites.

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04-17-2011, 03:06 PM

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Little Lamb is another shop in Barrington, NH. I was there recently and was blown away by their wool room. I think they have a website that you could google for.

04-17-2011, 06:01 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by lots2do

Little Lamb is another shop in Barrington, NH. I was there recently and was blown away by their wool room. I think they have a website that you could google for.

Here's the link http://www.littlelambquiltshop.com/index.htm

04-18-2011, 05:30 PM

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clsurz

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I buy it on eBay.

04-18-2011, 06:18 PM

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misoop

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thanks, everyone for your input.

04-18-2011, 06:22 PM

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I don't know if felt will work but Craft Warehouse here in WA sells 100% wool felt.

04-19-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by misoop

Do any of you purchase 100% wool to felt for wool appliques? If so, please tell me where you've found it online..not in local fabric stores. I googled it, but there are so many...just would like to hear first hand from those who have used and how you liked the wool from wherever you purchased it. I've tried findings at the thrift stores, etc.....but there's usually very little in choice. I'd like an assortment of colors in small amts.

I noticed there are a lot of sites from Australia. I don't know how strong/weak the dollar is right now, but it looks like the felt is 100% wool. Most felt squares you see in hobby stores have very low or no wool.

07-12-2011, 02:47 PM

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Question. If I wash a wool sweater in hot water..dry. Then cut it will not shrink if washed again when I put it on a quilt?

07-12-2011, 03:03 PM

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I really don't know.....never tried that. I've always just washed wool to shrink it and make it felted to use for wool appliques, not worrying about how much it shrinks. Sometimes, I would wash the wool 2 or 3 times, because it looked like it would still ravel. Never paid any attention was to whether it shrank some more. Sorry.