I got a bit sidetracked during my sorting yesterday. I found this small bin of vintage scraps and started digging through it.
I fount these little rectangles and set them aside. I think they’d make a nice little Chinese Coins mini.
I also found these rather tatty 4 patches. Hmmm…..
I decided to trim them down to 3 inches. I used my die cutter to do this.
I didn’t try to center them, although I could have easily done that if I had marked my die before hand.
As you can see here, they were a bit wonky to begin with anyway.
Once they were trimmed, I laid them out and arranged them.
I quickly quilted a crosshatch with my Singer 301. I found a bit of leftover binding that fit perfectly.
Not done yet….I wanted to try to clean it up a bit. So I got this out. I ordered this online somewhere ages ago. Google it if you are interested. I don’t remember where I bought it.
I mixed a few scoops into some warm water and left it to soak while I ran errands.
After soaking and rinsing, I dried it in the dryer.
And…..ta daaa!
The stains are much better, though not completely gone. Here is the back.
One word of caution, test your fabrics before using this product! I didn’t because the whole thing was an experiment. The vintage fabrics were fine. However, check out this next photo to see how the contemporary blue binding fabric changed color.
Just for fun, here is the before and after side by side.
That was a fun little diversion!
Have a great day!
