Comments on: Rick Rack Patchwork Blocks http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/ Quilting Gallery Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Esteemarlu http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/#comment-5999 Esteemarlu Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:52:39 +0000 http://quiltinggallery.com/?p=1177#comment-5999 I have never prewashed rickrack but will from now on. I just love that quilt. Thanks for the great tip. I have never prewashed rickrack but will from now on. I just love that quilt. Thanks for the great tip.

]]> By: Phyllis Dobbs http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/#comment-1734 Phyllis Dobbs Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:17:47 +0000 http://quiltinggallery.com/?p=1177#comment-1734 These blocks look deliciious! These blocks look deliciious!

]]> By: Mishka http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/#comment-1717 Mishka Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:08:50 +0000 http://quiltinggallery.com/?p=1177#comment-1717 Elizabeth and Sid, Thanks for the info. The sizing makes so much sense. Michele Elizabeth and Sid,

Thanks for the info. The sizing makes so much sense.

Michele

]]> By: Elizabeth http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/#comment-1716 Elizabeth Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:05:20 +0000 http://quiltinggallery.com/?p=1177#comment-1716 I wasn't concerned with the bleeding so much as the sizing. Rick-Rack is a lot softer after washing and drying, to the point that the shape changes a little bit. I didn't want to sew a bunch of it into seams of a quilt without washing out the sizing first. The photos of the finished quilt were taken after the quilt was machine-washed and dried and you can see how the rick-rack is still laying nice and flat. I attribute that mostly to the fact that it was prewashed and dried in the machine. (By the way, thanks for linking to my blog!) I wasn’t concerned with the bleeding so much as the sizing. Rick-Rack is a lot softer after washing and drying, to the point that the shape changes a little bit. I didn’t want to sew a bunch of it into seams of a quilt without washing out the sizing first. The photos of the finished quilt were taken after the quilt was machine-washed and dried and you can see how the rick-rack is still laying nice and flat. I attribute that mostly to the fact that it was prewashed and dried in the machine. (By the way, thanks for linking to my blog!)

]]> By: Sid http://quiltinggallery.com/2008/10/21/rick-rack-patchwork-blocks/#comment-1713 Sid Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:19:31 +0000 http://quiltinggallery.com/?p=1177#comment-1713 I've seen red and pink rick rack that bleeds. Shrinking usually doesn't happen. I do the bleed test: wet the end and lay on a paper towel till it dries. If it doesn't bleed, I don't bother pre-washing. Of course, some people are more "strict" about pre-washing everything! I’ve seen red and pink rick rack that bleeds. Shrinking usually doesn’t happen. I do the bleed test: wet the end and lay on a paper towel till it dries. If it doesn’t bleed, I don’t bother pre-washing. Of course, some people are more “strict” about pre-washing everything!

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