Good Morning!

Hi everyone!
               Well, it's about 8 AM here, and dh has taken it upon himself to set up the dishwasher with the breakfast dishes!  He spoils me rotten.  Many times I ask myself what I ever did to deserve him.  And then a day comes along and he says something so aggravating that I ask myself what I ever did to deserve THIS!
              LOL!  Just kidding!  When they made men like my husband, they broke the mold.  So they stopped making them in 1958.  He's right there to help me with all my projects, no matter how little he understands about them....
             Like yesterday when I was trying to figure out how to sandwich a large quilt....
             Let me preface all this by saying, we are moving.  Therefore, all the furniture is gone, including the entertainment center from the front room.  So we had to move the TV and it now graces about 1/3 of our kitchen table and is sooooo convenient for watching while we dine! 
             Anyhooooo......in the past I used boards and our huge pine kitchen table to sandwich my quilts, but now it's impossible.  So I have everything spread out on the floor in the living room as I contemplate how I'm going to do this because I cannot use my knees.  So we set up a small foldout table and two TV trays and I try to use those.  The air begins to look very cloudy over my head as many, many off color, unladylike terms come to mind and begin to mumble out of the corner of my mouth.  Finally, my dear, dear husband says, "I'm going to set the TV down and you can use your boards to quilt it on the table."  I want to cry I'm so happy.  And he's won my heart all over again.  He's managed to do that at least once a week for 30 years.  So I think I'll keep him.

             So today I'm going to throw the fabric into the washer that I purchased day before yesterday.  Put it through it's paces and see if it's worth purchasing any more.  I don't mind using no-name fabric if it's fairly decent.  This fabric is saturated with sizing, which to me spells trouble.  But...hope lives eternal, so se will see.  I will post the results.

            Meantime, pancakes are over, dishes are over, both the boys are off to work, and I'm off to the shower then into the studio for some power sewing.  I will post a bit more later on the fabrics.  Have a great day everyone!
        

           HEY! I forgot to mention something in yesterday's post regarding the fabric store.  I will be posting pictures of fabric from this store from time to time.  If anyone reading this post sees something they'd like to have a couple yard of, please email me about it. I will pick up the yardage on my next trip and send it to at cost + any postage.  If you do have me pick up fabric for you, please let me know you read about this offer in my blog.  Thanks!

         In regard to the collection of fabrics I purchased at M & L day before yesterday, I finally got around to processing them and want to give you the results.  *Happy dance* 
         I put them into a hot wash with Tide.  This is what I do with all my fabrics.  Into the washer then.......

......into the dryer, just until damp-dry.

I like to roll them onto my long ruler and then stack them.

The ironed results were wonderful, I am happy to say!

The fabrics washed out without the sizing, and pressed out nice with almost no tweaking of the warp and weft.  The thread count turned out nice and small, but not TOO small (like sheeting)....soft and beautiful.

 

Yes!  The red fabric went in with the others!  I guess I just don't have enough excitement in my life!  LOL!

So there you have it...just goes to show, you can't judge a fabric by it's sizing!  Of course, this fabric is not the heavy, "buttercream" Kaufman we all love.  But I wouldn't reject them either---no way!  These are nice fabrics at $2.98/yd!  I will be picking up more of them, probably a nice set of blues.

Now off to the studio for some fm quilting on that Christmas quilt!