Do you wash your fabric before using it? I know a lot of people don’t, but I always
wash my fabric as soon as I buy it.
Yesterday I went fabric shopping with a friend, and bought
some beautiful fabric at Cutting Cloth in Fairfield. It is a gorgeous shop and I was only planning
to buy a few things, but I walked out with two bags of fabric, and a new
quilt idea percolating.
I have washed all my new purchases, and now they are waiting
in a giant mound to be ironed.
So this is what my personal sewing area looks like. I always have several projects on the go at
once. You can see on my design wall a
young girl’s quilt I am making for a family member as a Christmas present.
My ironing board really needs a new cover. It is so bad my husband commented on it
recently. I really would like a new
ironing board as this one is very old and on the small side. My iron is also very old, but I like a plain iron, and this one works perfectly.
I am admiring your table space. Is it a cabinet? Iused to wash all my fabrics but found that if I went to a class I was using new unwashed fabrics so gave up washing them.
ReplyDeleteI love maximum shrinkage when I'm finished stitching so I get lots of cozy crinkles. Using a Shout color catcher (or 2) takes away the chance of bleeding dye (which seems to be rare these days). I am careful with batiks and may add several catcher sheets in the final wash.
ReplyDeleteHI Desley,
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you are back. I have missed you, your work and your photos.
ruth
After doing a lot of testing I now soak all of my fabrics at least 12 hours. Some unstable dyes take several hours exposed to water for the dye to release. It will release eventually but I don't want that to be in the finished quilt. Some blues, especially turquoise batik, can take days of soaking for the fabric to stop bleeding.
ReplyDeleteYes I think it is time for you to splurge on a new ironing board cover! :)
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