Last night a "sunset-y" spread of fabrics (inspired by the BBP ringleader's recent pull, no less) took a bath in some bleach water (and a rinse in some bleach stop!) After a quick wash and a mad midnight cutting frenzy, here's what I've got to show for it:
Not terrible, right? (The creases are pretty bad but the bleaching turned out alright!) Of course there were five fabrics (not pictured) that didn't change at all: two reds, an orange, and two yellows. On the bright side, luckily I had extras and at least it wasn't all the same color group ;) Now off to do some chain piecing and catching up!
In other unrelated news, I've been gathering supplies like a squirrel collects nuts these days. Any Aurifil enthusiasts out there? Then you should definitely check out Sue's shop (she's reduced her prices and is offering an extra 10% almost site wide). I just picked up quite a few neutral 50wts (medium and light beige, white and off-white) and some 40wts, all together averaging under $6 per 1422yd spool. {Shipping included.} Uh. Yah. That happened.
505 aficionados? This guy's got what you want: 17 oz cans of the stuff for $12.49, and superfast shipping. I ordered several cans because the S&H remains pretty constant no matter how many you order, and I was aiming for, er, economic stashing ;)
Happy Saturday :)
...and Monday!
Ooh, I can't wait to see what these look like made into a quilt! It's interesting how some of them changed a lot and others not much at all.
ReplyDeleteCool! Looks like heaps of fun. Off to check out Sue, you enabler!
ReplyDeleteOooooh! Love your bleaching adventures! I can't wait to see how the quilt turns out! : )
ReplyDeleteThis should be pretty cool looking! I love the idea of bleaching the fabrics to get a pair - I might try that with a few of my fabrics. I like Lee's pattern, but couldn't come up with enough light dark shades to make a whole quilt - your method is a nice way to get around that issue - I've bookmarked it so maybe in the future I will be inspired.
ReplyDeleteAlso - on another note - I nominated you for a Liebster Award - these little awards can be silly but fun. I used it as a way to highlight some of the smaller blogs that I really value and think others should really pay attention to as well. Here is my post: http://goosiesmom.blogspot.com/2013/05/goosies-momaccepts.html
Enjoy!
I love the results! I think this will be excellent for the bloom bloom pow quilt along! Can't wait to see it put together :)
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Those look great! Such a nice mix of colors!
ReplyDeleteYou are brave! And that's how great things happen...can't wait to see how it turns out!
ReplyDeleteDropped by from P&J, great work bleaching the fabrics and thanks for the Aurifil link, I popped over and stocked up - great sale prices! :)
ReplyDeleteI think they call that hording? (Loving the bleached fabrics though. I've been wanting to try something similar.)
ReplyDeletethose look great.
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