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Death of a Fat Quarter Collection

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I must share with you a recent fabric disaster.  I was planning to make the  Sweet Emma Rose quilt from the Miss Rosie’s Quilt Collection book, and had all my fabrics out on the coffee table in my family room.  You quilters can relate to how lovely it is to spread out your uncut fabric and fondle it a bit before cutting into it.   How I was admiring those butter yellows, soft lavenders, and those yummy sweet pinks.  My son in law happened to be visiting and was drinking a large glass of red wine and chatting with me there in the family room.  You guessed it, over it went, the contents of his glass spilling all over my pastel fabric collection.  The horrified silence went on for a number of paralyzed seconds while we watched that red wine soak into the pastel tones of my Robyn Pandolf collection.  Forget about the beige carpet, or the white couch!  Forget about his 6 ounces of $45 a bottle zinfandel!  Good gravy, my FABRIC…..I think every single fat quarter had a red wine stain on it.  Don’t get me wrong, I love that young man, and know he never in a million years would intentionally spoil something I liked.   Even so,  although I immediately put Zout on the stains, soaked each piece of fabric in cold water and so on, those stains never came out.  Serves me right.  Fondling fabric is an activity that  should be done in private.

22 responses to “Death of a Fat Quarter Collection”

  1. Oh noooooo!!! If you could see the horrified expression on my face, you would know that I TOTALLY understand!!

  2. Oh noooooo!!! If you could see the horrified expression on my face, you would know that I TOTALLY understand!!

  5. How horrifying – sorry for your loss (tongue in cheek, of course!)…. I am really surprised the stain didn’t come out – that must have been some good wine!

  6. How horrifying – sorry for your loss (tongue in cheek, of course!)…. I am really surprised the stain didn’t come out – that must have been some good wine!

  7. Horrors! At first I thought I was just looking at a shadow on your fabric! Well, I suppose you can take solace in the fact they were fat quarters, as opposed to larger cuts of fabric? =O

  8. Horrors! At first I thought I was just looking at a shadow on your fabric! Well, I suppose you can take solace in the fact they were fat quarters, as opposed to larger cuts of fabric? =O

  13. Well, yeah, that’s all very horrible–especially it being Robyn Pandolph fabric and all. (One of my favorite designers.) But what amazes me more than that: you don’t look old enough to have a son-in-law.

  14. Well, yeah, that’s all very horrible–especially it being Robyn Pandolph fabric and all. (One of my favorite designers.) But what amazes me more than that: you don’t look old enough to have a son-in-law.

  15. How terrible. Will it ever come out? Aren’t there a bunch of — I don’t know – fancy Oxy… type products that will take out anything. Good luck with it. Or maybe just soak the whole bunch in some cheap red wine and see what happens?

  16. How terrible. Will it ever come out? Aren’t there a bunch of — I don’t know – fancy Oxy… type products that will take out anything. Good luck with it. Or maybe just soak the whole bunch in some cheap red wine and see what happens?

  17. I understand the silence that follows the spilling of wine. We had our white loveseat steam cleaned and the following evening my daughter was her visiting and………yes, you guessed it, she dropped the whole glass of red wine on the sofa. So sorry about your fabric.

  18. I understand the silence that follows the spilling of wine. We had our white loveseat steam cleaned and the following evening my daughter was her visiting and………yes, you guessed it, she dropped the whole glass of red wine on the sofa. So sorry about your fabric.

  19. Nicole, have you tried soaking the fabric in club soda? I know you’ve probably tried everything…sorry. I had a glass of Pinot Noir spilled on a table and it ran and hit my white pants. Immediately the waiter brought us a bottle of club soda and I dabbed it on, left the restaurant and soaked my pants overnight in club soda. I washed them in cold water the next day with lots of detergent and the stain was gone. I still wear those what pants and there is no trace of a wine stain.

  20. Nicole, have you tried soaking the fabric in club soda? I know you’ve probably tried everything…sorry. I had a glass of Pinot Noir spilled on a table and it ran and hit my white pants. Immediately the waiter brought us a bottle of club soda and I dabbed it on, left the restaurant and soaked my pants overnight in club soda. I washed them in cold water the next day with lots of detergent and the stain was gone. I still wear those what pants and there is no trace of a wine stain.

  21. What a disaster! I must agree with your comment about fondling your fabric in private.

  22. What a disaster! I must agree with your comment about fondling your fabric in private.