Washing fabric
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Originally Posted by karate lady
sadly not bug resistant. smile
so if it gets bugs...then that fabric has been unwrapped and left sitting in a moisture filled room, like most fabric stores, and the pesticides no longer work on bugs, but will still be released into the air when cut into!
#56
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sizing is CHEAP...wash the fabric press, cut and size...simple steps to avoid major disasters later!
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sizing is CHEAP...wash the fabric press, cut and size...simple steps to avoid major disasters later!
I have been quilting for quite a few years and working in the textile industry longer! I just prefer working properly with my fabric. I do not make quilts that take $300 in materials and $1,000 or more in labor just to take a chance on it being ruined over being LAX about how it was done.
Why can't washing, ironing, Prepping your fabric be just as much a part of the process as sending it off to be machine quilted?
I know, to each their own...but some are not taught that the fabric preperation is really an important part of the process!
#58
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
sizing is CHEAP...wash the fabric press, cut and size...simple steps to avoid major disasters later!
I have been quilting for quite a few years and working in the textile industry longer! I just prefer working properly with my fabric. I do not make quilts that take $300 in materials and $1,000 or more in labor just to take a chance on it being ruined over being LAX about how it was done.
Why can't washing, ironing, Prepping your fabric be just as much a part of the process as sending it off to be machine quilted?
I know, to each their own...but some are not taught that the fabric preperation is really an important part of the process!
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