Quilt project
Jul. 5th, 2006 10:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
faithellenI Zouted and washed the quilt with Woolite, and got some of the stains out, and reduced the severity of others. I may re-Zout before any further steps -- I've found with my regular laundry that generally twice will do it. (I can not say enough good things about Zout. Anything that gets old oil stains out of clothing that has been washed and dried several times gets my vote.)
The fabrics did not run, and nothing raveled. These are Good Things.
I'm going up to Hancock Fabrics tonight to get the Janome Sew Mini on the say so of Liz. I was going to order it online and then I realized that not only is there a Hancock nearby, I've been IN it, and even with gas being so pricey it's still cheaper than shipping. I've never owned a sewing machine, so I'm excited. My sewing skills are minimal at best, but now I'll be able to turn out simple things like chemises or bloomers or what have you. And maybe learn a thing or two in the process.
I'm going to keep the backing on the quilt now, and hopefully keep the same binding fabric as well. My next step (after another washing) will be to unstitch the back from the top so I can perform repairs. I should be able to handle that without supervision. Then I'll need to rebind it and put the batting back in -- and there I think I'll definitely need supervision.
I'm a little leery about starting this, for the dumbest reason. I've only just picked up a cross-stitch project I've had under needle for years, but haven't done a thing with since just after we were married. I've decided I'm making it for a family friend who was VERY kind and wonderful when Mom died -- so there's a sense of obligation to get it done (not the least of which stems from my not finishing another project I was doing for a different family friend, who died -- the same one who made me this quilt).
I'm trying very hard not to get sucked into the world of quilting -- not that I don't want to do it, but that I don't want to end up with a million patterns/kits/fabrics that I won't have time to start. I'm doing the July FabShopHop, so I'm looking at what's out there, and trying to get a sense of what kinds of quilts I would like to do, before I start buying things in a frenzy. The lovely thing is that I HAVE projects -- both stitching and quilting -- so it's not that I'm bored. :)
The fabrics did not run, and nothing raveled. These are Good Things.
I'm going up to Hancock Fabrics tonight to get the Janome Sew Mini on the say so of Liz. I was going to order it online and then I realized that not only is there a Hancock nearby, I've been IN it, and even with gas being so pricey it's still cheaper than shipping. I've never owned a sewing machine, so I'm excited. My sewing skills are minimal at best, but now I'll be able to turn out simple things like chemises or bloomers or what have you. And maybe learn a thing or two in the process.
I'm going to keep the backing on the quilt now, and hopefully keep the same binding fabric as well. My next step (after another washing) will be to unstitch the back from the top so I can perform repairs. I should be able to handle that without supervision. Then I'll need to rebind it and put the batting back in -- and there I think I'll definitely need supervision.
I'm a little leery about starting this, for the dumbest reason. I've only just picked up a cross-stitch project I've had under needle for years, but haven't done a thing with since just after we were married. I've decided I'm making it for a family friend who was VERY kind and wonderful when Mom died -- so there's a sense of obligation to get it done (not the least of which stems from my not finishing another project I was doing for a different family friend, who died -- the same one who made me this quilt).
I'm trying very hard not to get sucked into the world of quilting -- not that I don't want to do it, but that I don't want to end up with a million patterns/kits/fabrics that I won't have time to start. I'm doing the July FabShopHop, so I'm looking at what's out there, and trying to get a sense of what kinds of quilts I would like to do, before I start buying things in a frenzy. The lovely thing is that I HAVE projects -- both stitching and quilting -- so it's not that I'm bored. :)
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Date: 2006-07-05 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-05 03:34 pm (UTC)I used to eat a lot of Greek salads in front of the tv, so the number of dressing-stained t-shirts I owned was many. And now, not so much. :)