Not all fabrics must be washed before sewing.

With that said, and a load of fabrics in the washing machine, everyone should wash their fabrics before sewing. The reason is to make you look at the fabrics and realize whether or not they are something that needs to be washed first, and knowing that is something that comes from experience of working with fabrics and knowing how they react with washing.

For the first time ever, I can wash fabrics at home, without having to walk to a laundry room or drive to a laundromat, so why not develop a good sewing habit. Which isn’t to say I will always be washing fabrics before use, because I am lazy and I know what I can get away with.

Anyway, I have some light blue and bright red batiste and two obnoxious calico prints in the washer right now. I had planned to make two shopping bags with it, but I just noticed the light blue matches the blues in that stupid canvas I have been working on, so now I have to explore an idea first. Exploring ideas is the number one reason I never get anything done, after all.

I should be in bed. I have got to go to the grocery store tomorrow, no matter how I feel about it, and I already know I am not going to feel like going … which is why I am watching Slime People again and washing fabrics at 2:30 am. I hate my sleep cycle. Well, at least sewing and doing laundry is something I can do in the middle of the night without disturbing you-know-who.