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Oh very cute! It should go over very well.
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That is a great story, Flojo. And I would love to have a china cabinet to store fabric in. I love to be able to see the fabric and I store it on shelves, but I worry about dust all the time. The glass doors would solve that.
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A pincushion filled with fine steel wool works wonders, too. Just don't store your needles or pins in it as they may rust.
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I don't wash unless I am using a lot of white alongside heavily saturated solids. I like the crisp feel of the unwashed fabric when I work with it.
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I know some folks have had very bad luck with the Harbor Freight blades, but I have to share my story. We moved into a new home recently and most of my quilt room is still packed as we are having a lot of remodeling done and will be using my sewing space as our bedroom. I found and unpacked my rotary cutter, but have not yet found the blades. The blade
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Making appliques out of them would be nice, but if you do, you may have to cut close and not just a circle of fabric if the stitches are too tight. Another option is to apply a water soluble stabilizer to the back carefully pressing the fabric as flat as possible. (I say water soluble because you likely don't want it to be stiff when finished.
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I don't use them, but I think remembering that I read that they can be used for applique, too. You sew one to the right side of your applique piece on the turn line, then put a slit in the fabric softener sheet, pull the fabric through the slit, and flip the applique piece right side out. Press and you have an applique piece ready to sew down with
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I have never done a MQ before and I don't know if they are all like this one or if this one is different because we are doing it as a "chatty" group, but I am having so much fun reading all the emails about fabric choice. I sure am glad to know I'm not the only one that frets over making the "right" choice!
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Very pretty, Melinda.
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Beautiful colors, Mona