Do Any of Your Quilting/Fabric Art Items Contain Lead?
November 15, 2007 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Arts & Crafts
In today’s world, lead in toys and other items has become a major concern. Recalls have been issued on many products. So…consider whether any of the items you use for your quilting art, especially when it comes to the accessories you attach to your work have the possibility of containing lead, especially if these are for children.
I didn’t have a lead problem when making toy frogs from my leftover quilting farbric, but I recall changing the construction because warnings came out about buttons on toys being dangerous for children…they could choke on them. So I took the buttons I used for eyes off all the frogs (bringing some in from stores to do this) and appliqued on eyes. It made for my piece of mind.
The “Apprentice” type contest at the b5 Business Channel (now in its second week) addresses the topic of possible lead in novelty buttons used on chef’s aprons and hats for children that our prototype business owner, Kay, sells.
Home Biz Notes, where I’m a co-blogger, is the host this week for one of the teams. Here you’ll find a post addressing the issue, If You Handle “Made in China” Items in Your Home Business. You may want to add your comments regarding how you’d handle the situation.
Hey, Tracee from Blog Fabulous stopping by to check out the neighbors on the Lifestyle Channel.
I took a photo at a nursing home yesterday - it was a quilt with upside down cats and rightside up cats. They were exactly the same, but in different colors - it was awesome. I’ve never seen anything like it.
I was wondering if the Strawberry Shortcake Crib Setting from ____ contain’s lead? I was wondering if I also need to worry about my daughters bottles of the nipple or she has a little blanky (silky on one side and a soft fabric on the other) and I was wondering if that contained lead because it was made in Chine again both were made in China. Bottles and pacifiers from ______??? Thank you SOOOO Verry much!