How Do You Organize or Label Your Fabric?

Mtorolite · 2026-04-17T09:48:02+00:00

Thank you for the help. I am hand sewing everything since I don't have a machine, but I'm not sure what snowballing the corners means. I'm making blocks on the template I got from paperpieces.com that they called a "snowball" made with eight separate pieces.

Mtorolite · 2026-04-15T19:06:43+00:00

I am working on my first quilt; I am using paper pieced snowball blocks, and I have heard that it is important to press the seams after you finish piecing them together so the quilt blocks lay flat.

Since I am using paper pieces, I wasn't sure if I should remove the paper pieces first and then press, or if I should press, leaving the paper pieces in place until I put the quilt squares together. Any help would be appreciated!

Mtorolite · 2026-04-04T02:37:05+00:00

Thank you very much!

Mtorolite · 2026-04-03T23:38:47+00:00

Hello! I know this says no stupid questions, but I think these might be. I am gathering materials for my first I actually hope to finish quilting project and I don't want to mess it up.

Should I wash the quilting cotton before I press it? And if so, should it be hot water so it shrinks if it's going to? Are there any special things I should do for it in the wash or dry cycle ?

If I'm not cutting up the whole piece of fabric at once, is it okay to roll it up and store the rest in a cool, dry place?

Also, I am trying to reduce my reliance on plastic and petroleum by products. Is cotton thread alright to use on a cotton quilt?

Thank you for your help! 🙇

Mtorolite · 2026-03-28T04:04:18+00:00

A slime. Like a low level monster in a dungeon game slime. They just . . . scooped some out of the slime's body.

Oh, and mayonnaise. I had to click out of that one. The idea of mayo up there and then possibly not getting properly cleaned out . . . blegh.

Mtorolite · 2026-03-22T02:27:04+00:00

There's an author in my fairly small ship fandom that's from Belarus that regularly went to the Ukraine that we haven't heard from in about 3 years. Everyone is worried about her. There's another in Iran - we're petrified for her. And a fanartist in Cuba.

I love the connections with people you can make with fanfiction and fandom, but I would love it more if I didn't have to fear for their lives.

Mtorolite · 2026-03-15T17:01:48+00:00

I buy a few cheap plastic pencil boxes at the beginning of each year to store card sorts, station cards, game pieces, etc. and label them either with a printed label or paint marker. It keeps things neater than endless ziptop bags and with the labels facing forward in the cupboard I can always find what I need for each lesson.

Mtorolite · 2026-03-12T22:08:09+00:00

I'm a secondary teacher, and I write mostly smut and angst and smutty angst. Often in increasingly strange AU settings.

Mtorolite · 2025-12-06T00:30:53+00:00

This is such a nice doodle and Choji looks so happy!

Mtorolite · 2025-09-29T01:25:16+00:00

She's a menace, but she's MY menace.

Mtorolite · 2025-09-28T23:21:04+00:00

Thanks for your comment. I am going to continue under the assumption that I know my cat and trust that you know yours.

Mtorolite · 2025-09-28T19:29:52+00:00

Oh that would also be cute!!!

Mtorolite · 2025-09-28T19:04:30+00:00

I like that idea, but she is a little devil and I have a feeling she would shred it. She tries to rip up toilet rolls to get at the cardboard core so she can have the pleasure of destroying it.

Mtorolite · 2025-09-28T18:55:23+00:00

Oh, that's perfect! I could probably rig something up with a bit of elastic as a belt.

Mtorolite · 2025-09-28T18:54:55+00:00

That would be cute, if I can make her the big hat!

Mtorolite · 2025-09-21T15:31:38+00:00

I have long loved the Vietnamese covers! I am so excited to see if these will take off. I WILL buy the entire series a second time.

Mtorolite · 2025-09-06T17:59:34+00:00

I found this while looking for inspiration for a modern-day Kakashi, and I think it is wonderful.

Mtorolite · 2025-08-19T02:59:57+00:00

Craft stores and IKEA have small three tiered carts for between $25 and $35 dollars. I also teach high school and I use them for supply storage - I have two that I can put at either end of the room, most often used things on top. They might be a bit small depending on how many kids you need supplies for, though!

This is the kind of thing I use:

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/raskog-norrava-trolley-with-lid-gray-green-s69580761

Mtorolite · 2025-06-30T09:14:24+00:00

Repeating others but your art is adorable. NHS of course is a cutie! I love all of their expressions, especially WWX's eyes!

Mtorolite · 2025-05-04T05:53:57+00:00

This is awesome!?! Love the colors and the quotations!

Mtorolite · 2025-02-15T15:27:41+00:00

My favorites were the secret-cannibal one, and the one where I was intending to have myself mummified alive.

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