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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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do you have to prewash batiks?
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I rarely pre wash any of my fabrics including batiks. Having said that, if I am using a fabric/batik in a quilt that will get a lot of washing and the fabrics are heavily saturated with color, then I wash them before I use them in a quilt. But just throwing them in the washer and dryer is not enough. The best way to make sure a fabric will not run is to hand wash in a warm tub of water until the water runs clear.
Hope this helps!
genevaGeneva
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I washed a red and orange hand dye from Joann's and it leached out dye. My husband said to put it into cold water with ice cubes to set it. (He was a textile engineer)
I have some kind of stuff in the laundry area that I think is supposed to set dyes. Procyin? or something. Next time I go down there I'll check what it is.Geneva
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There are two kinds of quilters. Those who wash everything, and those who wash very little. I don't wash the fabrics I buy, unless it is going to be a quilt that gets washed. Most of what I make is for competion, and will just hang on a wall. But, for my Hoffman Challenge, I washed everything. It will be traveling for over a year, and who knows what it will look like (or what will happen to it along the way) when I get it back.
That being said, I almost always wash reds. Too dangerous not to. But, you are right in not washing your precuts. All you need to do is wash the finished project in sythropol, following the directions on the bottle. As I understand it, the sythropol will keep the left over dyes from reattaching in other areas. And, there are washing aids that will also set the dyes. Having never done this, I am not familiar with them, so will not expound on that.
Also, I always take a small amount of each of the fabrics that I am going to use, and soak them in hot water. If it bleeds, I rinse it and soak it again. If it continues to bleed after 3 or 4 soaks, I do not use it! It's just safer for me not to.
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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