Hello! and welcome!!
Today I want to tell you a bit about my next project as a Pineapple Fabrics Ambassador.
For the last couple projects, I chose the fabric and pattern. This time I asked them to surprise me. :-) I love surprises! And they sent this beautiful bonus quarter bundle of Calendar Girls by Anne Keeman Higgins.
Photo credit: Pineapple Fabrics
It was love at first sight!!
Do you know about Pineapple Fabrics bonus bundles?
They cut the fabric larger than a FQ by 3 inches! :-)
It is wonderful!
Photo from Pineapple Fabrics
The first thing I do after admiring and petting my fabric... what? you don't pet your fabric?! :-o
I do! Then I open all the bonus quarters and spray them with a good mist of spray starch on the back.
I fold each into quarters to let it absorb the starch and continue to spray and fold all of them. Then I go back to the first one I sprayed, because it has now had plenty of time for the starch to absorb, (not sit on top of the fabric) and start pressing. All the fold lines have magically released. If the fabric is going to shrink, it does that now. And I end up with a nice stack of well pressed, stiff but not paper stiff, fabric~ ready to cut. :-) It makes cutting and sewing so much nicer! I had a lady tell me I was crazy when I told her what I do. :-) Do you think I am crazy? :-) LOL
As I mentioned in my previous post, Pineapple Fabrics has sent me a little bag of goodies for one of my readers. I plan to take the comments from this post, along with the next two posts in the coming week, put them all in a hat and draw a winner. If you comment on each new post, you will have more chances of winning. ;-) ;-)
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!
10 comments:
That fabric is gorgeous!! I will have to go look at the Pineapple Fabrics site fore sure!!
This sounds like an easier and quicker way to prep fabric, eliminating the prewash! Kate Theo
Love the fabric. How did you get to be an ambassador?
Your new fabrics look fun and bright! I am not a starcher but a lot of people seem to be doing that these days. Can't wait to see what project you come up with next! You're always full of fun ideas. I finished my son's graduation quilt! Yay! Now I am putting my Chicken Salad quilt by Lori Holt together. We laid out the middle today. It is looking really cute! I hand blanket stitched around the chickens. They have lots of personality according to my daughter. :-) Have a great day! K- lkw2x6-apq@yahoo.com
What an interesting method, I'm going to give it a try.
I find this interesting as well. As a fairly new quilter, I’m for anything that makes cutting easier and nicer looking.
Cool fabrics! I am going to check out Pineapple Fabrics.
I haven’t heard of folding to absorb starch. Thanks for this hint. Will give it a try next week when I use a bonus quarter pack from the warehouse sale to make bowl cozies.
Love the hint about the starch. Thanks for sharing.
I would have fun playing with those Calendar Girl fabrics! They are so sweet.
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