Posted on Thursday, December 3, 2009 by misha
You never know what you’re gonna get. My favorite local thrift store, Value Village, has bags of assorted fabric for sale. I always check. This bag looked risky – I could only see 2 quiltable fabrics and the rest looked to be polyester. But I really like one i could see, so for $6, this came home with me today. |
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Let’s see what I end up getting. Is it all crappy poly or was it a good find?
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Some, actually very nice, sheer polyester prints I’ll donate to another thrift store from which I also get fabric.
What am I keeping? Was there any cotton? Yep. 11 different and at least 1/2 yard each. |
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A piece of canvas, fading on top with a very Dr. Seussian print on it. Can’t really use it, but WOW, I like it. |

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All in all, my money was well spent, wasn’t it? |
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Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 by misha
Well, I have one more seam on the back and then I am finished peicing it. Yeah! I took like 4 days to get that back done. I really did not like working with the polyester fabric. The back is made up of old fabric sample squares, some cotton, some polyester. This is the first time i have sewed 100% polyester and it sucks. Dulled my needle, kept shifting around (even with all the starch i use), wouldn’t iron flat. Never again will i use 100% polyester on anything. I liked sewing nylon more. I do not anticipate quilting this with my usual pleasure. I hope it will quilt.
12/5 – got some pix of the top and back:
 The last quilt of 2009. About 85" square, |
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