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New Years Resolutions and Laundry
I am proud to announce that I have not broken even one of my 2012 New Years Resolutions! And, I can boldly state that I will never break even one... not even once! I can, of course, make that claim because I simply don't make New Years resolutions... I learned long ago that it was futile. Since I really don't like to fail, it's better to just not set myself up for that!
I do have some goals, however... and, once again, one of them is to be more consistent about blogging here. Certainly "more consistent" shouldn't be too terribly difficult to achieve since I have been so inconsistent in the past year or so.
One of the ways I'm going to blog more is to do what I often do when something needs to be done -- I get someone else to do it!! So you can expect to see some blog posts from guest bloggers in the very near future. One of the gues bloggers is a young new sewist named Paige..... she's excited about sharing her sewing adventures with us - and I'm really looking forward to seeing her first post!
Today though, I'm going to suggest that you check out Lisa's blog -- where she talks about her experience with my favorite batting... Tuscany Silk by Hobbs.... I think I have another convert!
If you haven't tried silk batting, you should!! Awhile back Matt Sparrow of Sparrow Studioz was chatting about his first experiment with silk batting. I chimed in that it was my favorite. He asked about how much care it takes.... so I shared my quilt washing tips with him....
(caution: if you're a quilt pamperer you will probably find this offensive and perhaps even pornographic!)
How I wash my quilts:
- Gather up all my laundry, including any quilts that need to be washed
- If there's a lot of laundry, sort by weight and/or color - put the quilt into whichever load has space for it
- If there's just a little, dump it all in the washer together -- towels, jeans, undies, t-shirts, quilt
- Wash on warm with cold rinse (that's how I do all of my laundry) unless someone in the house has changed the settings and I don't notice... then it's a crap shoot!
- When the load is done, put everything into the dryer and set it on permanent press (usually)
- Leave the stuff in the dryer until someone else does a load of laundry so that they have to fold/hang mine to get to the dryer
The only time this varies is when one of the kids is doing laundry and they come in to pick up my laundry pile to add to theirs. Trust me, they are no more careful of the quilts than I am!
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