tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post3069294751467171791..comments2024-03-21T06:09:19.361-05:00Comments on FABRIC THERAPY: You get what you pay for in fabric...Teresa Rawsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12198469746467771421noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-60205873768487933592016-05-21T09:54:22.747-05:002016-05-21T09:54:22.747-05:00I'm pretty sure I have the bright yellow green...I'm pretty sure I have the bright yellow green flowered fabrics in my stash still! Sometimes diving right in not knowing something is supposed to be difficult is the best way! And yes, even today you can get some pretty craptastic fabrics, especially in chain stores. I recall that CU report on sheets, yet another trick they pull to try and fool us, like shaving the size of packages and keeping the price the same.JustGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948391538309176039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-43673890454090095282016-04-26T00:47:43.240-05:002016-04-26T00:47:43.240-05:00What an interesting and informative post! Thank y...What an interesting and informative post! Thank you for all the time it takes to research and write for us. I laugh everytime I look at my first quilt, at the time I treated it with kid gloves and wouldn't use it for ages. Ha! I bought some very high thread sheets and although they are silky and lovely to sleet in, they are very wrinkly.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707141734414479297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-87866551448877418792016-04-25T21:42:40.953-05:002016-04-25T21:42:40.953-05:00Interesting bit about the thread count on sheets! ...Interesting bit about the thread count on sheets! Good quality fabrics in my quilts? Yes!!Quiltdivajuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593385265961892847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-80077752024404622702016-04-25T12:25:54.102-05:002016-04-25T12:25:54.102-05:00First of all, I love your new header! I wish I had...First of all, I love your new header! I wish I had a nickle for every time I said "you get what you pay for" to people who think they are getting a bargain at the discount fabric houses. I thank you so much for posting this. I usually tell people how lucky we are now to have fine quality fabrics and how important it is to support your local quilt shops. As for your wonderful hexagon top, I think I recognize a few of those fabrics! I think it is no wonder that we see so many unfinished tops from days gone by. I'm just thankful you kept going as you are such an amazingly talented designer and quilter. Thanks so much for sharing. And, I think I spy a "Sheepscot Pottery" bowl from Edgecomb, Maine, the town I grew up in!Wendy Caton Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18122151466664580872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-17644377463344246722016-04-25T09:50:56.654-05:002016-04-25T09:50:56.654-05:00I agree that the stray threads in corners are a pa...I agree that the stray threads in corners are a pain, but someone showed me a trick with a glue stick. When you get to the corner put your needle into the glue stick a little way and sweep the threads under and hold with your thumb as you do that.. the threads will stay in. The holding is just for a second and keeps you from sweeping them out again. It works like a charm. I agree with using the best you can get and I love appliquing with batiks. Also if the fabrics come from overseas, most are sprayed with insecticides before they go into the sea container. That combination combined with the chemicals used in processing can cause lung issues, allergy attacks and in my case asthma attacks. I am a prewasher all the way.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832438144014487941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-62305264375556285502016-04-25T06:31:39.755-05:002016-04-25T06:31:39.755-05:00This is a good info about fabric. When I managed a...This is a good info about fabric. When I managed a fabric store I had quilters in the late 70's come in with a jeweler's eye piece to count threads. They were the real snobs about fabric. Even today the quality of the printed fabric is questionable at times. I think fabric printers will sometimes make more than one grade of fabric when printing to supply different stores. Fabric from a good designer from Joann's to a Quilt shop can be different grades. Same prints and the quality is really different. Chris Sewing Junkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16848603221577664193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-87978550462628944482016-04-24T21:09:28.779-05:002016-04-24T21:09:28.779-05:00I haven't been quilting for even 10 yrs, but I...I haven't been quilting for even 10 yrs, but I get a lot of these 'early' fabrics in gifted scrap bags. I guess that I, too, have become a bit of a fabric snob as in learning about quality of fabrics - you want even those charity quilts to last. I would hate to think that a gifted quilt fell apart in the first wash.Vroomans' Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258050499246235109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-48775524614649787142016-04-24T19:11:52.658-05:002016-04-24T19:11:52.658-05:00Uh, 3016??? Wouldn't that be a thousand year...Uh, 3016??? Wouldn't that be a thousand years instead of 100 years? 2116 would be a hundred years from now. <br /><br />Yeah, I knew about the Strange Fruit song but made no nevermind to me. I still can't imagine the little pieces you make. And I am totally amazed when I look at the first quilt I made and wonder how on earth did I do something like that? But, I'm keeping it as is just for posterity and to remind me how far I've come. It has some of that low quality fabric in it, too. Florida Farm Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788091314337673170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-83676071256901553102016-04-24T18:39:47.875-05:002016-04-24T18:39:47.875-05:00And my first quilt was a cotton and courderoy (ye...And my first quilt was a cotton and courderoy (yep--you got that right!! courderoy ;--000) one with the stars being cut from leftover dark navy blue cords...because I liked the color...--this ended my quilting career for a while...ya think? I didn't even get it together...I had only ever sewn children's clothing before. I sure didn't know what I was doing either....hugs julierose<br />Julierosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079686021190332890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8547359357445201023.post-2851055166700268162016-04-24T16:44:18.236-05:002016-04-24T16:44:18.236-05:00my first quilt was grandmother's flower garden...my first quilt was grandmother's flower garden - hand pieced and the Y seams were horrible - I didn't know what I was doing and you could sure tell!Karen - Quilts...etc.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07293429657903986492noreply@blogger.com