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Post by margaret6 on Mar 2, 2014 19:15:32 GMT
Gosh major surgery indeed! X
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 2, 2014 21:23:07 GMT
Some of the stitching I used to pull the two short tears together didn't survive the washer and drying, and I don't have a center agitator in my washer. I think Blankey may be a bit rotty. I'm looking into something that might help strengthen it for the long haul, such as just doing a quilting stitch over the whole thing. It is slow going. Peanut better want Blankey back when I'm done
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Post by Bean on Mar 3, 2014 9:48:47 GMT
Peanut better want Blankey back when I'm done Ha! I bet your face would be a picture if you gave it back to her after all these hours work and she just shrugged and said she didn't need it anymore!
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 3, 2014 16:48:02 GMT
Hubby agrees with running lines of stitching across and up/down, just to give the blanket some strength. I am soaking Blankey in hot water with my scent-free detergent. It spent the last 2 hours soaking in a bath of baking soda. I am not getting the perfume smell out of the fabric. OY! Daughter uses the strongest smelling detergent and fabric softeners, then gives Blankey to me knowing I'm allergic to the smell. If nothing else, Blankey will be clean. He may be dead, but he'll be clean I did get a text messages saying Peanut may be down to visit Blankey, if he's likely to be hospitalized for a long time
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Post by margaret6 on Mar 3, 2014 20:44:36 GMT
You could do your stitching in different colour sand then sew two wee eyes on! Then again, she might want it to look how she knows it best. What if you got the same material and stitched both pieces together. It's turning into major cosmetic surgery now.
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 4, 2014 15:45:04 GMT
A long soak in hot water with baking soda, and two full washings later, I have all the smell out of Blankey. It was starting to stink up the snug. Even hubby noticed. I'm much more inclined to work on it now that the smell isn't making me sick! After this, I will tell daughter anything she wants me to repair has to have all the perfume washed out, first.
Next step is to prep the fleece to cover the stitched areas. Not sure if we just want to cut strips and sew them on, or if I want to use a fusable backing to attach the fleece, then sew it on to be extra secure. Using the fusable backing would let us totally cover all the stitching with the fusing and the fleece, and I think that would be much stronger. Might not be as soft, though. Have to see what I have, what's available, and play with it a bit.
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Post by Bean on Mar 5, 2014 9:34:34 GMT
Blimey, it's amazing how much perfume detergents and fabric conditioners have in them for them to take that much soaking and washing to come out. If your daughter is used to such strong smells, I bet her version of washing the scent out won't be anywhere as thorough as you need!
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 5, 2014 19:06:07 GMT
Hubby and I were talking about that. I use vinegar in the rinse cycle, as that cuts the excess soap residue. If I soak an item in water, nothing comes out. Hubby was saying if she never rinses out all the excess, it must build up over time. We think it takes over after a while I'm allergic to pretty much everything that goes on the skin, as my mother was. No reason to think she won't be when she gets older, too. Ooh, that is going to be a hard lesson to learn when it happens! Making more ricotta cookies this afternoon. It's cold and we have snow flurries, so great day to bake. I have a mix for those shortbread cookies with the Hersey's kiss in them, so I'll make a batch of those, too. Hubby can take a bunch to work with him, tomorrow. We had hamburgers on artisan buns last night. The buns were so thick, we couldn't eat them all. Burgers were great, but we will use regular bulky buns in the future. We'll sacrifice that extra gram of fiber to be able to actually eat the bun!
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Post by margaret6 on Mar 5, 2014 19:16:15 GMT
Vinegar is such a great resource. I remember reading a book solely on vinegar and it's uses, it was amazing! Are Artizan buns soft or harder? All sounds good though x
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Post by Bean on Mar 6, 2014 9:52:24 GMT
Compared to the traditional soft & fluffy hot dog/ burger buns, artisan bread would be much firmer and more substantial. We have a couple of artisan bakeries near us and everyone says the bread is amazing - it doesn't keep anywhere near as well as you don't get any gubbins (additives etc) added and they won't use flour that's been bleached etc, but it's much better for you. The chap who owns one of the shops says he has quite a few customers who can't eat bread from a supermarket without feeling ill or getting bloated/ stomach pains, but they have no problems with his bread (which is naturally leavened - no added yeast). Unfortunately that's not true for me - a shame, as the smell going past the shop is so tempting!
The kids reminded me this morning that there's some kind of fundraising bun sale at school tomorrow, so I shall have to get baking later.
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Post by 3piggles on Mar 6, 2014 23:35:02 GMT
Bean's got it. Artisan is just not mass produced, but done the old way. Technically any breads we make are home are artisan. I do agree with the problems from the additives to keep the breads from going bad too quickly. I think that's why I like home made so much better. I'm actually finding I like homemade just about everything, better than I like store bought. By the time we eliminated most of the fake sweeteners, preservatives and salt from the list, there weren't many prepared foods left to buy Lost Internet as I was trying to post this. Internet has been in and out all day. Just got it back, after over an hour of no Internet. If I'm not on, my wifi is at it, again
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