Ann912

Love Eddie's tutorial. Very well done.

sewmary

Question - I am thinking on embarkig upon a CW quilt. So you are all saying don't buy muslin from Joanne's? Where is a good place?

Next: do you wash and pre-shrink all that muslin first or does it come pre-shrunk nowadays? I am thinking of the old time muslin which shrank quite a bit!

Thanks for any help.

Lori S

I buy Roc lon 403 and 404 ( these numbers are on the end of the bolts) , one is bleached the other is natural . It is pre - shrunk , but there is still a bit of shrinkage but not nearly as much as the other muslins. It is perm - press as much as an all cotton fabric can be. I can tell you from experience , the other muslins that are not perm press .... well you will spend LOTS of time ironing after you shrink them.
Some quilt shops carry them. Jo anns used to carry it about 10 years ago .. but I have only seen the lower quality there for years.

http://www.fabricdepot.com/index.php...age&pageid=193

Willa

The CW takes a lot of fabric and lots of time but you don't need batting or backing and you can take it with you to work on anywhere.