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WIP Wednesday & A Giveaway!!!!

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this week i am sharing what i got done while i was at the Renegade’s quilt camp in McCall this past weekend.  if you stick with me through the entire post you will see a giveaway at the bottom.  no jumping ahead.  there might be a quiz.

no, this is not mine.  Denise put this together at camp.  amazing i know.  she does beautiful work & is very talented.  she is also super nice so she shares her knowledge with the rest of us.

another Denise creation.  she started this at my house back in May & finished it up at camp with adding the boarders to it.

i made this quilt awhile back.  i quilted & bound it at camp.  i think i have about 13 quilts or so that need quilted.  at least one is done.

i used a studio dye cutter to cut the tumblers which went super quick.
i love the front but i also love the back.  its a modern twist on the back & i am beginning to love this look more & more.
i quilted & bound this baby quilt that i made at the previous camp.  i called this my WAG quilt.  i gave it to the gal today who asked me to make it for her & she loved it.

i took my serger to camp with me as well.  i made 9 pairs of pajama pants.  i can not show you all 9 pairs here because 7 of them are for gifts & some people do read my blog.  the 2 i am showing here are for me.  i have 1 more pair to make then i am done with pajama pants for awhile.

i put together this top at camp as well.  these blocks came from a block swap thing i did with some local quilters/friends.  our theme was a holiday or a season.  i picked Christmas.

an up close shot of my focus fabric.  i am pleased with how it turned out.  so add that to the list of quilts to be quilted.

i took my 2010 Modern Siggy Swap quilt to quilt while i was at camp.  i got it done but not without some challenges.  i spray basted it in the garage at camp. i then got Denise to look at it with me to talk about the quilting of it.  it was then that i discovered i had put the bottom row on wrong.  ugh.  so, i peeled back the quilt, unsewed the bottom row, fixed it & re-basted it.  yuck.

i used rainbow variegated thread for the quilting.  i just did swirls around each block.  this is a shot of the back of the quilt.  the quilting frames each siggy block.

i am very happy with how it turned out.  white is not a color that i normally use but for this i thought it was the right way to go.
so now for the $64,000 question.
do i wash it?  yes or no?
if i wash it then how?  or do i use special quilt washing soap?
i want to wash it but i am afraid of lightening some of the signatures or having some of them bleed.  someone said as long as its heat set i should be fine washing it.  i don’t know what to do.  i want the puckery look of a washed quilt but i don’t want to loose any of the signatures.
HELP
this is where i get your advice & you get a chance to win something fun.
my previous post was #200 for me & so i thought i should have a giveaway.  i am giving away 2 ‘countdown to christmas’ charm packs.

for 1 entry leave me a comment about washing my siggy quilt.  would you wash it?  if so how?  or any tips, tricks you may have for me regarding this issue.
for a 2nd entry blog, Tweet, Facebook or tell a friend about my giveaway & leave me a comment letting me know what you did.
so, that’s 2 chances to enter.  you must leave a comment for each item.  i will leave the giveaway open until 5:00 pm (pst) Monday the 17th.
so get out there & spread the word!!!!!!
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67 thoughts on “WIP Wednesday & A Giveaway!!!!”

  3. I love washi g my quilts. I do it as soon as I finish the quilt. I just machine wash it on the hand wash setting (I have a delegates and a hand wash cycle) with a teeny tiny bit of detergent.

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  5. Yikes! I don't know! I would wash it, but I am very much a “do it and hope for the best” kind of gal. Unfortunately, the best doesn't always come my way. I don't have enough experience to really advise you, but it makes sense to me that heat setting the ink should preserve the signatures. Good luck! And thanks for the chance to win so Christmas fabrics. My Christmas fabrics are old and icky.

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  7. I've been fairly fortunate with signed quilts -we use ultra fine Sharpies to sign ours, and it washes well. Any color with red in it will tend to bleed a little, though. Color catchers are invaluable. The idea of taking photos of the signatures so you can recreate them if they fade is not a bad idea. Or tracing over anything you think might not hold up well before washing. But I would definitely wash it!

    And all your quilts are lovely – I particularly like the way you quilted the siggy quilt, and the tumblers are wonderful!!

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  9. Heat setting is probably one of the best things you can do if you are going to wash this quilt. But the really old fashioned way is to stitch the names. It would take a little time, but the stitching would be permanent for countless washings. Hope it works for you.

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  11. Love the tumbler quilt. The only suggestion I have, as I haven't done a quilt with writing or with so much white, is to use one of those color catcher things. My local quilt group did a baby quilt with a lot of bright colors with some white and we used one and it came out great. It's one of those things though that you don't know how it would have come out without the color catcher so it could just be coincidence and it would have been just as fine without it. Good luck!

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  12. Just love all the quilts you shared. Since you spray basted, definitely wash. As some have already suggested – color catchers and I would use a delicate cycle – I don't usually use any soap on a first wash – just want to clear out the baste spray, dust and lint.

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  25. Maybe you could try washing the quilt with some of those products that lock the colors (sorry, can't remember the name). I'll be interested to hear what you decide.
    Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway!

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  26. If you used a sharpie for signing you should be fine, but definitely heat set, and then use the magnet catcher in the wash – definitely cold water! Very nice!

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  31. I would not wash the quilt unless it got dirty. What were the signatures made with? I heat set a label I had made and it disappeared with washing. If you didn't use special ink for permanent fabric marking, you may be able to use something to set it, but I wouldn't depend on heat unless the ink was made to be heat set.

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  33. Personally, I wouldn't even think about washing it unless I spilled something on it. Then I'd probably write on some garbage fabric and wash that, and see if it comes out or not.
    THANKS for the chance at one of those lovely Christmas charm packs!
    ourbusylittlebunch(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  35. Hate to tell you to wash it and have them fade BUT I would wash I love a freshly washed new quilt.
    I might think of using the color catcher as suggested…if you are worriedvI think there is a fabric spray now that helps set the signatures a little without stiffening the fabric.
    Good luck..I look forward to reading what you end up doing.

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  37. Have a look at the DYLON site. I think they recommend using salt to fix the colours. That is what I used to do with my tie-dyed shirts etc.
    If it is going to be used then it needs to be washed eventually but if it is for display then I wouldn't wash it.

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  44. I'd heat set the signatures and wash on delicate cycle with a minimum of detergent and a lot of color catchers. You know it will definitely be washed at some point down the road, and you wouldn't want it to be ruined then. Make sure it's going to serve them well, so take precautions up-front so they won't be devastated if something happens to it when they wash it.

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  46. I would be afraid to wash it, lol. It they used waterproof inks, it should be ok. I wash my quilts like any other item, since they are used, I make them so they can take a wash.

    Debbie

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  49. Personally, if my quilt, I wouldn't wash it.
    If you do wash it, try Dreft or other delicate detergent on delicate washing machine cycle and cold water. Add a color catcher sheet just in case. Drying the quilt should crinkle it some.
    There are specialty quilt detergents on the market, yet I haven't tried one.

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