Deadly Identity by McKenna Lindsay

Author:McKenna, Lindsay [McKenna, Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Suspense, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9781410436573
Publisher: HQN Books
Published: 2010-12-01T08:00:00+00:00

“NOW, THIS IS your palette,” Gwen told her briskly as she guided Rachel through four thousand bolts of colorful fabric. She grinned over at Rachel, who carried a paper and pen. “Take all the notes you want. I believe in bright, colorful fabrics, Rachel. You need to know that our quilting shop carries the highest grades of cloth.”

Stopping at the red section, Rachel marveled at the various shades of red, fuschia and magenta. “Grades of cloth? What do you mean?” She almost added that her mother had bought all her cloth from a local store in Iowa, not a quilting store.

Gwen patted one of the bolts of cloth. “When a cloth company makes the first run on a new fabric pattern, they’re trying to adjust the weave. What most people don’t realize is that the first runs are the lowest grade of fabric precisely because the tension of their machine isn’t quite as calibrated as they want it. They do this through a series of trial runs. Your first-run fabric goes to discount stores. This fabric has too loose a weave and if you make a quilt out of it, you’ll run into a lot of trouble trying to get it to remain stable.”

“Stable?” Rachel loved learning new information and this was fascinating.

“Yes,” Gwen said, pulling out a bolt of red batik-patterned cloth with light pink splotches. “Come here.” She led her to one of the cutting tables. Gwen opened up the bolt and spread it out before Rachel. Then, she brought over two samples of other cloth labeled First Run and Second Run. She laid them out before Rachel. “I want you to feel each one of these fabrics. You tell me which one feels the best to you.”

Fingering each one, Rachel pointed to the batik material. “This one.”

Pleased, Gwen said, “Exactly. First run has a loose weave.” She lifted a length of cloth up for Rachel to look at. “You can see it here particularly along the edges of the fabric.”

Rachel squinted upward. “Yes, I see that.”

“Okay,” Gwen said, laying the cloth aside and going to the second-run material, “look at this. Check the edges because that’s where you can see the weaving. This one isn’t as loose. It’s a little tighter. Right?”

“Right,” Rachel said.

Gwen lifted the material from the batik bolt up for her to look at the edge. “Now, see how tight this weave is compared to the other runs?”

“Oh,” Rachel said, impressed, “I do.”

“You want a tight, consistent weave in your fabric,” Gwen told her, folding the bolt of material back up and pinning it into place. “As you create block or rail patterns, you want the material to stay put. First and second runs are too weak and the fabric moves around a lot on you. What will happen is you’ll never be able to get the exact meeting of seams along your rails or blocks or they’ll slide and you’ll be in a pickle.” She shook her head. “It’s always best to go with the finest run of fabric, which is what they call quilting grade.

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