Quilt Chat & New Fabric! Should I Pre-Wash My Quilt Fabric?
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2022
- If you'd like to stitch along with me for the Kimberbell Cuties Table Toppers, here are the supplies. You can source your own fabrics and use up your scraps!
Kimberbell Cuties Pattern Book - bit.ly/3FayfNM
Kimberbell Cuties Embroidery CD (Uses a 6x8 embroidery field - this will not work in a 5x7 hoop) - bit.ly/3E3L2Qr
Lori Holt Chicken Salad Simple Shapes & Shabby Fabrics - bit.ly/33lu6ZA
Lori Holt Farm Girl Vintage Chicken Track Fabric - bit.ly/3I1aVCW
Safari Sunrise Fabric - villarosadesigns.com/search?q...
From the Heart - villarosadesigns.com/search?q...
Mardi Gras Fabric - Allbrands Baton Rouge - www.allbrands.com/categories/...
All notions found in this video series can be found in my Amazon Store - www.amazon.com/shop/powertool...
Brother ScanNCut SDX225F - www.allbrands.com/products/98...
Simply Applique Software - US Customers - www.allbrands.com/products/65...
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DESIGNS BY JUJU MUG RUGS - www.designsbyjuju.com/in-the-...
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ok ok ok ok.....so Simply Applique is looking better and better every time you mention it. I also need a scan-n-cut. Ekkk! But with them, are you saying that I can take any outline drawing, scan it in and the program will "digitize" it for me and the scan n cut will cut if for me???!! Wow!
YEP! You got it! It does need simple drawings like coloring book pages, but that's usually what applique projects are made from. :)
You got it, works great.
Hi Becky,
I’m glad you are now saying, That’s my blog! Again. I missed it when you stopped saying it. In our heads, we heard, That’s My Blog.😁👍❤️👍🥰❤️👍🥰
I feel, you are giggling saying That’s my blog. I have a comment. There was a pause after Powertools with Thread. I don’t want to be critical, but. Is see how cute the whole thing has become in my head.
That’s my blog!!!
I love everything about you. And how you help us all out with our big machines. Love you!!!!💕🥰❤️
Now go Sew Something!!!!
I’ll go to Flores I’ll soon..cuz I’m close to Nordheim. Yay stash haus
I found a dryer ball in the sleeve of a sweatshirt that I dried for a short time then hung to complete drying. Didn’t notice till I went to wear it. !
I never pre-washed my quilt fabric as I really love to make the entire quilt and then throw it in the wash and it shrinks a bit and creates that beautiful vintage crinkly look that I love. But if you don't want that crinkly look yes. Pre-wash. Oh and I always throw a color catcher in when I wash my quilts. And I agree with you Becky especially with reds.
I agree Nancy - I like the crinkly look too, as I believe the quilt gets cosier the more it gets washed.
I’m so glad everyone is helping your son. He does amazing work
That is awesome about the ruler rack. I’m patient I will watch. Thank him for his work!
Thanks for the video Becky.
I am a crazy chicken lady (I currently have 10 hens :-) ) and love the chicken quilt! And the 'chicken feet' fabric for the background is totally adorable! I hope I can get one of those fabulous ruler racks in the future, but I completely understand his feelings on the 'obligation' that pre-orders would create. I'm not doing the Kimberbell toppers (w-a-y too many other projects in the works, lol) , but I do like seeing them :-)
I'm a garment sewer who is new to quilting, thank you for the pre-washing tips for the smaller cuts!
Such a lovely chat! I'm finally got to put my feet up and grab my hand sewing. Thank you so much for sharing this video!
Thank you Becky!
Just ❤️ the video. Can’t wait to do the table toppers 🥰
Thanks Becky for a wonderful chat. You answered lots of questions about prewashing fabric and now I understand why the ladies who first taught me to quilt told me not to buy my fabric from Walmart! Now that I have been learning so much I understand much more. Also hope you find your dryer balls!
I always wash reds, blacks, and dark pinks. Maybe browns.
If I have a red fabric fat quarter to wash, I always stay stitch 1/8 inch around the edge and just put it in with a color stay sheet and wash with dark colors. Doing that I have never had a problem. Your advice is right on especially with reds and blacks. Great informative video, thanks. Green Bananas. Have a good week.
Love all your fabric!!!!! I can't wait to see you on All Brands Live!!!
I absolutely understand your decision about the ruler rack. It is a beautiful product and worth the wait.
So happy for him and his ministry! I’m be watching… LOL!
I wash all my fabrics that are yardage. Always use color catchers. I haven’t washed precuts since I tried fat quarters that weren’t a fat quarter after washing.
YOU are so busy, you seem to love it, keep it up
Ooh caught you early!! Thanks Becky for all you do! just got all my red fabric from sew yeah today to make a wall quilt for Valentine's day.
“ I got way too much fabric, y’all”, said no quilter ever!😂
Literally just stopped this video. I went to Villas Rosa Designs and ordered the From the Heart fabric! It's so cute! 😊
Hi Becky! I agree with presoaking a dark color. Learned the hard way! Thanks for these tips.
Your sons ruler racks were beautiful.. I knew they would go fast. I love Lori Holts chicken salad quilt.. I've got it in mind to make. I'm working on her vintage Christmas quilt now. So I'm anxious to see how you made yours.
I saw your blue hoop mat and loved it so I ordered it. I got it today from AllBrands. Thank you for showing it, I would never have known about it.
Hi Becky! Just jumped on here to add a tip for hand washing precuts. I bought a salad spinner for my precuts. Used it to spin dry jelly roll fabrics, charm squares, etc. Hung the strips on a fold up accordion style clothes drying rack to dry.
Today's chat was so full of things I don't even know where to comment first! SO thrilled for your son that his work is being rewarded with such a great response! I can not wait to do Chicken Salad. It's so cute. I'm thinking those Sew Simple Shapes will also be useful to make applique chickens for aprons, dish towels, appliance covers, place mats, and whatever else I can think of! I'm still looking forward to the chickens from Juju as well. Take care and you and Keith have a great weekend!
Can’t wait to see your Lori holt quilt, because I love Lori but this quilt is so busy to me. Love the chickens though.
Regarding missing dryer balls, Check pant pockets and sleeves especially long sleeves. So gl to your closet or drawers.
Yep, I want a ruler rack also!!
Really looking forward to the Mardi Gras mask file!
I am making that Chicken Salad quilt. I bought the kit so have all the fabrics for it. I am with you about it being busy and like your idea of that solid roll you got.
When I wash precuts by hand I put them in a salad spinner to get the extra water out.
I've been quilting and sewing since 1970. The only time I prewash fabric is for garment sewing. Never for quilting.
So good to see you today!!!! I had fun ordering from Villa Rosa!!! I ordered enough to make a few mug rugs and placemats!!!! Thank you for that!!!!!!!!!
Yay! Thanks for letting me know!
Happy Mail arrived yesterday, Becky. My new PTWT shirt is adorable. I got a special kick out of the surprise key chain tucked in. Thanks so much.
That is awesome!
My book for the Kimberbell table toppers came in today, sew excited!!! Hope to get caught up to everyone quickly
Maybe your some could offer the pattern for the ruler rack for the DYI-ers. Just a thought.
Before I prewash fat quarters or larger, I serge finish the cut edge with a narrow 3-thread balanced stitch to prevent raw edge fraying and tangling.
I do that also, but am going to try using a pinking rotary blade before I do my next prewash. It would be such a timesaver!
I've been wanting to go over to the Stash House... It was on one of the shop hops.
Safe travels
I’ll prewash reds, dark blues and black. Definitely, with color catchers I the wash. I do line dry.
I keep having to take a second look at the snowmen behind you. Those snowmen hats look like dog faces if you turn them upside down, the hat brim being ears. 🤣
Somebody else said they look like ducks! LOL
So happy the ruler racks sold out. My son is also a pastor, and yes they are very busy helping people in need. So glad your viewers are giving him this opportunity.
Kim Diehl designed for Henry Glass
If the quilt will be embroidered and will be washed, I feel the fabric needs to be prewashed. It helps keep the integrity of the embroidery design. Thanks for your videos, Becky.
I’ve been buying Walmart fabric for years and haven’t had a problem with them. I have made many quilts with them
They make beautiful quilts!
Check sleeves for your dryer balls.
Yep! That's usually where they are! lol
Just ordered from the heart panel and backing going to make the mug rugs. I was so surprised, i wasnt charged shipping. Maybe its a 1st time deal. Thanks for sharing.
Actually, I think shipping is always free from VRD. :)
I have been known to serge (overstitch) fat quarters if I want to machine wash them -- seems a bit excessive but I don't have to worry about stray threads gumming up my machines :)
I found this fabric precuts washing hack several years ago. I use a Salad Spinner; fill it with soapy water; drop in several precut pieces..10” squares, 5” squares, 2 1/2” strips, or fat quarters. Fill only a few pieces at a time and Spin the fabric. Remove and rinse washed pieces; soak dark colors in vinegar and rinse again; then Drape over a dryer rack over night or until pieces are dry. This seems to work fairly well without too much raveling.
Great tips! Thank you!
Yes the Allbrands & watching your tutorial I bought the scan n cut SDX 22F & apparently, they ran out, so they sent me the SDX 325 plus roller tray. It came in yesterday.
WOW!! You made out!
Thank you, thank you for your comments on where and where not to buy fabric. Yup, I agree. Why would I spend dozens of hours on a quilt using cheap fabric.
Not that you won't have a beautiful quilt with less expensive fabrics, they just need to be handled differently.
the chicken feet fabric is Lori Holt Farm Girl Vintage Fabrics - per yard - Riley Blake - Farm Sweet Farm - C7886 - Chicken Tracks on Cloud
Whether to prewash or not is such a debate among quilters. I've been quilting since 1976, and learned then to prewash fabric. It makes such a difference in the hand of your fabric, and gives somewhat of an insurance against bleeding. Using Synthrapol prevents dye from clinging to fabric, even after the fact.
Becky, did you realize the Creative Notions you oped was Nov 21. Dec is just being shipped now. I got notice my box was sent today. I called and they had supply problems and are running late. I love them. Got my first one last month, best box program I've tried and I signed up after seeing it on your blog last month.
Yes, I've had that one for a week or so, and I'd not yet showed it on the channel. I understand they are behind in shipping but that's only because half of their products are sitting on a cargo ship in a bay somewhere waiting to be unloaded. I've got lots of other goodies to keep me busy so no biggie. :)
I know this sounds like extra work but I serg around my fat quarters and through them in the washer.
If and when I wash any precut larger than a layer cake, I serge the edges so that there is no fraying...smaller pieces can be spray starched and hung or laid out to dry and then ironed to pre-shrink. I hope this is helpful.
Great tip!
I have been quilting sense 1974 and I’ve never washed my fabric. I use color catches when I wash my quilts when finished
Oh my goodness - hand washing pre-cuts - you must really love hand washing. 🤣
If I need to prewash a fat quarter, I serge the edges before tossing it into the washing machine.
lol I couldn't find mine dryer ball until I put my arm through my sweatshirt and there it was.
ROFL!! :-D
Great fun, information and ideas, your enthusiasm for all things embroidery and quilting is infectious. Wonderful news about the orders for your son's ruler stands. Washing/ pre-washing... never do it!!!
Precuts will shrink or become distorted. 2.5in strips no more. I found my dryer balls in the linens when trying to remake bed.
Love the idea of mardi gras…wish there was an alternate option for October…. I just don’t do halloween…
The beauty of this process, is that you can choose your own fabrics and applique choices. Why not use the pumpkin from November's topper on an October topper you make from Harvest colors? For November's, if you don't want to use the pumpkin again, then embroider the words Thankful, Grateful, or Blessed in the corners. The options are endless! :)
@@PowerToolsWithThread and this is why you do what you do!!! Thanks!
I am planning to do the Chicken Salad quilt as well. Will you be doing a satin stitch around each layered piece?
I don't think so. The whole vibe of the quilt lends itself to the blanket stitch IMO. :)
Just order the fabric from Via Rosa
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The Valentine block behind you….my ocd? Is the placement of the striped triangles correct?
No they are not! Good eye!
I serge fat quarters and then throw in the washer if I'm going to prewash. Unless the color on yardage is red, black, dark or some batiks I do not prewash because I like the krinkling of the quilt after its been washed and things shrink
Becky did you see DBJJ new table runner Chickens
Yep! I'll be doing a sew along with a fabric kit too! More info to come!
Becky, why didn’t you make all your triangle stripes go the same way on the red table topper, at least the same on opposite sides? I love your videos. I have learned so much about Embrilliance, and Simply Appliqué from you. I still haven’t got the courage to work on my Scan n Cut. I’ve purchased so many things that you have demonstrated, and love all of them.
Well, I didn't realize they were off until you pointed it out. :) Then it drove me crazy and I spent time deconstructing it, then I sewed it back together and you know what? I sewed back WRONG again! Ugh. So...the answer to your question is...It's supposed to be like that! LOL
Any fabric that I buy at hobby lobby or Joanne I serge the ends and then wash the fabric
Do you need to use Simply Applique to make the Kimberbell Cuties with the Scan n Cut?
No ma'am!
Do you know if Simply Applique will work with Husqvarna Viking embroidery machines?
It sure will! It will save to the file format used by your machine. :)
Flora? Texas or Florence? Texas? Trying to find it
With the Kimberbell patterns do they come in an embroidery design that I can do on the embroidery machine. Do I have to have a scan and cut or can I just appliqué on my embroidery machine trimming the appliqué after the stitch down stitch is done. Very curious about Kimberbell. Purchased a book. Not what I was expecting. I am not great at appliqué on my own. I can’t get it perfect and then I dislike it
Yes, the CD contains embroidery applique designs that will do all the work for you. These designs are for those who may not have a cutting machine so do the placement stitch, then you'll lay down the applique fabric completely covering the placement stitch, make the tack down stitch, and then trim away the excess fabric from around the outside of the tack down. Then the final satin stitch will happen and completely cover the raw edge for a beautiful finish. If you have a cutting machine, they have svg files on the CD too so you can pre-cut your fabric.
@@PowerToolsWithThread Dp these come in any other form than a CD. My computer no longer has a CD player. Can the files be downloaded somewhere.
@@cynthianielson8881 Unfortunately they do not. Kimberbell isn't there yet to have these as a digital download. I have some external CD players in my Amazon store for purposes such as this. They are pretty inexpensive and then you'll always be able to use legacy CDs and not be limited on which designs to use. amazon.com/shop/powertoolswiththread
I was shocked at how reasonable the price was for the ruler rack your son made. I expected it to be twice the price. I have another way to store my rulers, or I would have tried to get one.
Could I do multi parts in a 5 x 7 hoop rather than resize the scans?
You sure can! You need to know how to find center for each piece in different hoopings. You'd do the snowman body & nose in one hooping and the hat in another. I'd float the project and use a target sticker of some kind to mark center. Yay! Thinking outside the box! However, the watermelon block will have to be resized. It's too big for the single hooping it needs.
I have a question. You said you could take the shapes and use them to make scan and cut shapes to make appliqué shapes to make the chickens. I was wondering if you could scan shapes into embroidery software and make an appliqué embroidery design?
I think that all depends on the capability of the embroidery software. The SNC creates an FCM file that Simply Applique uses to make the 3 applique embroidery files. Yes, most advanced embroidery software can make applique files, but each one is so different, it's a hard question to answer.
@@PowerToolsWithThread I have been wanting to learn more about embroidery software. I have a Bernina. Their software to me is very expensive. I would love to get software but I don’t see anyone helping a person to learn the software once they purchase it. I see you talk about embrillience. Do they give classes with software?
@@janetrankin2939 Embrilliance is a 3rd party software meaning it's not specific to any machine brand and it will save to the format for your Bernina machine. Bernina's software also does not provide free updates but Embrilliance does and you can install Embrilliance on multiple computers with the same license. There are TONS of videos on UA-cam you can watch for free (like mine) where you are shown how to use Embrilliance and the company also has a channel with short how-to UA-cam videos like their Lunchtime Learning series. Embrilliance Essentials will do basically everything you need to do and then some. For $169, you simply can't go wrong. If you ever decide you're ready to learn how to digitize designs, then you can buy Embrilliance Stitch Artist. But if you're just doing basics like me to add lettering to projects or edit/merge/resize designs, then Essentials will be perfect for you. bit.ly/3fs0zzN
@@PowerToolsWithThread thank you!
Maybe your wool dryer balls ran off with ours that seemed to have run off. What is it with those things???? Luckily we have a local lady who makes them from the llamas she has and sells them at a reasonable price.
I'm sure there's a dryer ball convention going on somewhere and they are all laughing at us. LOL :-D
I have embrilliance and Would like to now if Simply Appliqué would work betters for appliqué.
Embrilliance works great for applique. Simply Applique takes the .fcm file created either by the Brother ScanNCut or the Brother Canvas and turns it into an applique embroidery file.
@@PowerToolsWithThread I also have a scan and cut. I’m wondering it simply appliqué is less steps and easier to do. Is it more friendly to use then embrilliance.
@@kittyharvey1969 Take a look! 😀 ua-cam.com/play/PLj9pWPqHpkzKXtKW_Q15jGV29F4FxflvI.html
@@PowerToolsWithThread thank you so much. I enjoy watching your videos
Quick question Becky, how much would be shipping 9n the ruler rack be, if I happen to be lucky enough to grab one I'm in Idaho 83301
There's a flat rate of $14.95 for shipping.
@@PowerToolsWithThread thanks , now to start saving my nickels and d8me
I had no idea the shirt you have on isn't one of yours. I purchased one because it says "power tools with thread" so I thought it was one you were selling. If you don't want me to wear it I absolutely will not. I wouldn't want to do anything to devalue your trade mark. Please just let me know, if you get a chance. Thanks
Girl, you WEAR that shirt! I mean, I wear mine right? I do have my own shirts I sell on our store site, but wearing a different one in my sewing room is no big deal. Small potatoes. :)
@@PowerToolsWithThread Thank you so much. I like wearing your shirs because people read them giving me an excuse to tell them about your you tube tutorials and sometimes, they start watching. Besides that they're cute and long. I'm tall so I need long:)
I can tell the weight watchers is working. Yiiihhhaaa
So far, so good! Thank you!
Nobody will recommend you wash precuts