Yikes! Scorched!
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Yesterday, I had my cute baby quilt all safety pinned ready for quilting. I noticed a little raised area and thought I'd better give it a little press to prevent a problem with machine quilting. Well, by the time I had the iron over to the area, I must have bumped the switch over to "hotter than Hades" because I scorched one block. Today I unpinned the quilt, removed the block, made a new block, sewed it back in the quilt and repinned. I am now back to where I started yesterday, sigh, ready to machine quilt.
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Originally Posted by Tartan
Yesterday, I had my cute baby quilt all safety pinned ready for quilting. I noticed a little raised area and thought I'd better give it a little press to prevent a problem with machine quilting. Well, by the time I had the iron over to the area, I must have bumped the switch over to "hotter than Hades" because I scorched one block. Today I unpinned the quilt, removed the block, made a new block, sewed it back in the quilt and repinned. I am now back to where I started yesterday, sigh, ready to machine quilt.
Pam M
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Tartan; A tip I learned from heirloom sewing that I have found very useful is: Soak the affected area in a bowl of water and add in a couple of denture tablets. Let it soak for several hours or overnite and voila` the scorched area is magically gone!
Now, since heirloom sewing involves alot of starching it may be the starch doesn't let the scorch marks go too deep which may be why soaking with denture tabs works so well. I haven't used it on a plain fabric scorch but it might be worth trying next time.
Just my 2 cents worth. :)
Now, since heirloom sewing involves alot of starching it may be the starch doesn't let the scorch marks go too deep which may be why soaking with denture tabs works so well. I haven't used it on a plain fabric scorch but it might be worth trying next time.
Just my 2 cents worth. :)
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