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The above photos is from of one of pieces that I painted on Saturday that ended up getting rained on.  The other two images underneath is the second of the two pieces I did.  Both were drenched.  Rich saw them, ran out in the rain with me.  I rolled it in the plastic, and he and I got it into the garage where the fabric remained rolled up for two days (rain on Sun and Mon, and no enough room to roll them flat).  Today the weather was lovely.  Once I could take a break from working, I unrolled them on the grass.  Both were still wet and paint was running all over them.  I sloshed the paint around and added more where it was needed.  I did it about 2 in the afternoon, and it didn’t dry until after 7 p.m.  The piece is about 4.5 yards by 60 inches, and it took nearly an hour to iron it!

Here are the photos of the other piece.  This one is 3 yards by 60 inches.  I’m very grateful that both pieces came out fine and that I’ll be able to use them for quilt backs.

This is the last of the discharging I did Tuesday night.

The above are black cotton sateen.

These three photos are from the same piece.  It’s about a yard in size.  While I’m not usually a brown person, I like this and I like the other brown pieces that I did.  They have a rich soil quality I like.

I have a couple of these orange pieces, and they are my least favorite, although it could make a good accent color.  It’s from a Walmart black cotton.

I’m taking a break from discharging as on Tuesday night my gloves wore through the finger tips.  The top back pad area of my fingers are still quite tender.  Yes, I ordered much thicker gloves and a respirator (the one I was using wasn’t cutting it).

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