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  1. #1
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    Jul 2007
    Over the rainbow
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    Thanks maz ... I would have pre-washed the finished product, but was worried about shrinking this is all new to me I'm definatly going to wash the cotton flannel, my mom told me that some cottons shrink and I don't want that.

    You've been a great help

  2. #2

    Dec 2005
    not with crazy people
    8,023

    oh yes the flannel....and if your worried about the fabric fraying (sp?) just over lock over the cut hon


    let me know what you make.....love to have a sticky (nosey biartch arent I :ROFL)

  3. #3
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    Jul 2007
    Over the rainbow
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    let me know what you make.....love to have a sticky (nosey biartch arent I :ROFL)
    oooo you are going to regret that There is not really anyone intrested in this around me atm and my mom would say "hon that's pretty" even if it were made from plastic shopping bags and oil rags. So all my bragging has to be done online, keep ya peepers open

    EEEEkkkk fraying. Do not have an overlocker yet (my mother burned out her overlocker's motor - don't ask ) and my nanny at home has already threw them in the wash, bugger ... I'll see how much they frayed when I get home. Don't think it would be too much, but the white flannel looked like a "looser" weave than the other. Oh well, lesson learned, right?

    Can't WAIT to get sewing and a diaper making.

  4. #4

    Dec 2005
    not with crazy people
    8,023

    if you dont have an over locker next time just turn the edge of the fabric over and do a quick zig zag

  5. #5
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    Jul 2007
    Over the rainbow
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    Zanks for the tip. I'm nagging DH for a second-hand one But after my little excursion to the fabricshop ... I don't know if he will be so flexible hehehehe