On the nonStitching but Stash Enhancement side of our wonderful hobby I took a few trips to EBay last week and placed bids on a few lots of cross stitch fabric and I won two of them. I got them today and it is a nice batch of different fabrics , colors and counts, the first lot was 7 pieces:
- 1 piece fabric 10" x 13" 28ct Linen / Twilight Blue.
- 1 piece fabric 11" x 12" 14ct Soft Touch / Ivory.
- 1 piece fabric 5" x 17" 26ct Evenweave / Grey.
- 1 pieces fabric 15" x 15" 28ct Evenweave / White.
- 1 piece fabric 5" x 12" 28ct Linen / Natural.
- 1 piece fabric 8" x 10" 28ct. Evenweave / Rose.
- 1 piece fabric 12" x 18" 14ct. Aida / Dk. Blue.
- 1 piece fabric 14" x 17" 14ct Huck Fabric / Ivory.
- 1 piece fabric 16" x 27" 20ct Belinda / White
- 1 piece fabric 15" x 18" 28ct Evenweave / White.
- 1 pieces fabric 13" x 13" 27ct Evenweave / White.
- 1 piece fabric 8" x 22" 18ct Cork Linen / White.
- 1 piece fabric 10" x 11" 32ct. Belfast Linen / Black.
- 1 piece fabric 8" x 10" 14ct. Plastic Canvas.
Not bad for $12 and some change. But my goodness the smoke smell on the fabric is very strong. I knew that the seller said they came from a smokers home but she didn't say a cigar smoker. Wow it was strong. I am washing the fabric now and will see if I can get the smell to go away so if you have any tricks to help let me know.
Oh yes I also got my new laptop on Saturday and I am getting use to Windows 7 and the larger keyboard and reloading all my needed software.
Happy Stitching everyone.
2 comments:
After you've washed, dry in the sunshine. That should take care of any remaining smells.
That's a nice haul of fabric for a very low price. Like Charlene I think that washing it and drying outside should do the trick.
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