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Cinnamon (NOT OT)
I was reading somewhere over the past week or two about using ground
cinnamon spice for quilt marking. Over the past couple of weeks I have been marking out a new wholecloth. It's been a pain. However, I learned some stuff. I usually use either a Roxanne marker (Quilter's choice) or a watercolour pencil in a suitable colour (not too dark, but contrasting). I sometimes use an HB pencil or chalk, but not usually on something this large (it's queen-size) as it rubs off before I get to it, which is very annoying. The middle, and two borders went just fine. I made templates for the middle and third border, and a stencil for the second border. I traced the corner stones with a lightbox. Ok that was my sewing machine table with an Ott Light underneath, but you know the kind of thing. (I LOVE my new Ott light (NAYY). I've had it a month and it's brilliant. Anyway. The main point of this post was to talk about cinnamon. And that is what happened today. The final border is a celtic knot with lots of repeats. Two days ago I made a template (after photocopying it to the right size and so on) and took all day yesterday painstakingly drawing round it agin and again. YAWN! Yes it worked. But oh so slowly. Thought: pounce. I have one of those white pounce pads. Good on dark fabrics, but this is pale. no good. they make a darker one, but I want this done today, so that ain't gunna happen. Thought cinnamon? Will it stain? Will I have to use loads of it. The thing I read about it said something about it being too expensive for an "ancestor" to use. I thought it was worth a try. Brill-y-ant! I popped a teaspoonful in some butter muslin (like bandage) and bounced up and down on the new paper stencil. The stencil was a photocopy cut with a scarpel and scissors. It was dead easy, not like a card or plastic one. Then I went over the marks with a pencil, and removed the spice with a pastry brush. It took about ten minutes a side to mark, and that includes the preliminary squaring and putting in reference points. It brushed off completely, and I did the whole thing using about three teaspoons of cinnamon. No stains, no residue, and I believe it is a mothproofer too. Added bonus here, remember! So, I am sure cinnamon could have been used by our forbears and didn't cost them a bomb. The quilt is now marked and ready to press and sandwich, tomorrow. Great experiment; successful outcome. http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/f...ilt%20marking/ And boy! am I glad to have finished the marking. Nel (Gadget Queen) |
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Cinnamon (NOT OT)
Atta girl, Nel. And furthermore, 'they say' that the fastest way to a man's
heart is with cinnamon. If you suddenly find yourself needing to fend off admirers from all directions, you'll know what started it. Polly "Sartorresartus" wrote in message ... I was reading somewhere over the past week or two about using ground cinnamon spice for quilt marking. Over the past couple of weeks I have been marking out a new wholecloth. It's been a pain. However, I learned some stuff. I usually use either a Roxanne marker (Quilter's choice) or a watercolour pencil in a suitable colour (not too dark, but contrasting). I sometimes use an HB pencil or chalk, but not usually on something this large (it's queen-size) as it rubs off before I get to it, which is very annoying. The middle, and two borders went just fine. I made templates for the middle and third border, and a stencil for the second border. I traced the corner stones with a lightbox. Ok that was my sewing machine table with an Ott Light underneath, but you know the kind of thing. (I LOVE my new Ott light (NAYY). I've had it a month and it's brilliant. Anyway. The main point of this post was to talk about cinnamon. And that is what happened today. The final border is a celtic knot with lots of repeats. Two days ago I made a template (after photocopying it to the right size and so on) and took all day yesterday painstakingly drawing round it agin and again. YAWN! Yes it worked. But oh so slowly. Thought: pounce. I have one of those white pounce pads. Good on dark fabrics, but this is pale. no good. they make a darker one, but I want this done today, so that ain't gunna happen. Thought cinnamon? Will it stain? Will I have to use loads of it. The thing I read about it said something about it being too expensive for an "ancestor" to use. I thought it was worth a try. Brill-y-ant! I popped a teaspoonful in some butter muslin (like bandage) and bounced up and down on the new paper stencil. The stencil was a photocopy cut with a scarpel and scissors. It was dead easy, not like a card or plastic one. Then I went over the marks with a pencil, and removed the spice with a pastry brush. It took about ten minutes a side to mark, and that includes the preliminary squaring and putting in reference points. It brushed off completely, and I did the whole thing using about three teaspoons of cinnamon. No stains, no residue, and I believe it is a mothproofer too. Added bonus here, remember! So, I am sure cinnamon could have been used by our forbears and didn't cost them a bomb. The quilt is now marked and ready to press and sandwich, tomorrow. Great experiment; successful outcome. http://s237.photobucket.com/albums/f...ilt%20marking/ And boy! am I glad to have finished the marking. Nel (Gadget Queen) |
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