Virtual Retreat Aug thru Dec 2015 Info on first post

[twiglet]

Glad you've found a solution to your fading sheets but the solutions a lot of work for you. Thank you for sharing

[lsdquilts]

I am really enjoying this topic. It is the first time I have signed onto a topic. However, I do not want to receive email notifications every time there is a post. I would rather just go to the site when i can. I tried to do this by changing my preferences, but am still getting emails from this topic. Is there a way to accomplish this without dropping out of the retreat?
Thanks, Linda

[rehak]

I think you have to click off the subscribe check box just above the submit button every time you reply to the topic before clicking submit. I do that every time and don't get the emails anymore.

[twiglet]

Or you can just click the unsubscribe button under this reply

[marianneh]

Hello, i am new to these forums but would like a little help if possible. Sometime ago i stumbled across a tutorial for an amazingly easy block. There was two or three blocks that when put together created the design, on the design wall they were moved about and created a completely different design, sort of 3D effect, it was really lovely, my computer crashed, lost it, dont know the tutors name or how to find it again, if anyone has any ideas i would be so pleased to hear from you. It was so simple but extremely effective. Thank you.

[rehak]

Or you can just click the unsubscribe button under this reply

Just remember that even if you hit "unsubscribe", you still need to continue to uncheck the subscribe check box every time you post a reply. If you post, it thinks you must always want emails. I couldn't find anything in my profile that would change this default (as you could on the old site). And, as Wendy says, you can always click "unsubscribe" again if you forget to unclick the checkbox.

[rehak]

Thanks Luann for posting that! It really helps, especially since I just started dyeing my own fabric!!! I read Vickie's blog, but will read it a time or two, so I remember all the info :whistle: :lol:

[rehak]

Thanks Luann for posting that! It really helps, especially since I just started dyeing my own fabric!!! I read Vickie's blog, but will read it a time or two, so I remember all the info :whistle: :lol:

Dorothy,
I just feel really bad about sending fabric out that could possibly ruin someone's project. If they never wash the piece they use it in, or only in cold water I doubt anything will happen. But, if for some reason they need to wash it with hot water,,, I will hope they have all read the information from Vicki!! I'm indebted to her for that information.

I just signed up for Candy Glendenning's 'Dyeing Silks' class. She's got a special running, that if you sign up while she's working on the last few sessions, you get it for $70 instead of $99. I haven't purchased any silk for the class, but I knew I wanted this information in my arsenal! In the second or third class she discusses the difference between cotton, silk, and wool. Very interesting. Oh and by the way,, she is using Procion MX dyes and soda ash for the silk, not anything different than what she uses for cottons. So there isn't anything new to purchase. That's a good thing. I'd hate to have to get some sort of steaming apparatus and acid dyes just to dye up some silks.
You may want to check out the possibility.
Luann

[Marianne-is-sewing]

Heather, congratulations on your new machine!
Hi to the new members - hope you'll share your work here.
Update to my August list: finished two silk tops - one made with reclaimed fabric ( used to be lining in a jacket) and the other with a remnant from a silk dress that shrank when it was dry cleaned :evil: I will wash these - never again will I dry clean silk!
Hope to take photos tomorrow
Luann et al; sorry to hear you're having trouble with your home dyed fabrics :sick:
Marianne

[Marianne-is-sewing]

It's been a bit of a pain, but I'm soooo glad I'm doing this 12 hour hot water soaking thing!! I have even gathered together the fabrics I've gotten from others, and I'm surprised at the volume of color Soaking out of them, as well!
Years back I got in the habit of washing every piece of batik that I brought into the house. And I was glad I did that, but now that I think of it,,, I didn't soak any of it for 12 hours in hot water. Oh, no, not another multi-day project with nothing of significance to look at!
Maybe, ignorance would have been bliss!? NAHHHH I am glad I caught it when I did, sooner would have been better, but, well, life goes on.
May God bless every one of you with fabrics that don't bleed,
Luann

[marianneh]

Hello Marianne, we share the same name, what a coincidence, there are not many around...smile.

I think you are in uk, did you go to the NEC last week, it was wonderful as usual, its just such a long day, i think i will go for the weekend next time.

What needle and foot do you use when stitching silk, i would be happy to have any tips.

Ttfn, marianne

[twiglet]

I'm dyeing silk next week with a U3A group I belong to. I hope to be able to transfer the skills to cotton. No sewing this week I've finished painting doors and it's on to scraping wallpaper yuk. Gives me time to plan another retreat project.

Luann what a mammoth task! Just look at all your fabric hmy:

[Marianne-is-sewing]

Hello Marianne, we share the same name, what a coincidence, there are not many around...smile. I think you are in uk, did you go to the NEC last week, it was wonderful as usual, its just such a long day, i think i will go for the weekend next time. What needle and foot do you use when stitching silk, i would be happy to have any tips.
Ttfn, marianne

Hi Marianne - no you're so right not many of us about :lol: Great fun to write it at the start of a message :cheer:
Anyways; yes I'm in the UK but never been to FoQ - hope to go next year which is what I say evey year :whistle:
Stitching silk: an embroidery needle #75 and an ordinary foot like for anything else although if I sew Habutai silk I prefer a walking foot. I also really, really like to use silk thread but have used cotton too.

Picture as promised. Pattern is Sorbetto from Colette (free)
Off to do some FMQ now
Marianne

[Marianne-is-sewing]

I'm dyeing silk next week with a U3A group I belong to. I hope to be able to transfer the skills to cotton. No sewing this week I've finished painting doors and it's on to scraping wallpaper yuk. Gives me time to plan another retreat project.
Luann what a mammoth task! Just look at all your fabric hmy:

Don't envy you the wall paper scraping - good luck (hope you don't get the plaster off along with the paper!)

Luann - that is a huge undertaking :S
Marianne

[JudithA]

Luann,
Thank you for sharing what you know about dyeing fabric.
After dyeing fabric, is it 2 cold rinses in the washing machine, followed by 2 hot 12-hour soaks? Have I got that right?
Do you use 140* hot water for your hot soaks?
I am surprised to see the different colored fabrics soaking together. I would be afraid to do that for fear they would stain each other - like a direct dye.
When you have time, could you maybe summarize the dye/soak process you recommend now for avoiding bleeds/backstaining?

I bought some clear Dawn Ultra-Pure. I read somewhere that the blue dye in the blue Dawn can tint yellow fabrics. I found the clear Dawn Ultra-Pure at the new Walmart Market in my area. The regular Walmart didn't have it.

Stay cool,
Judy