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Old 07-06-2010, 11:03 AM
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Did you know that, as gross as it sounds, if you get blood on your quilt from a finger stick, your saliva (and only yours) will take it out? I learned this from a very experienced quilter.
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:05 AM
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That works really good. I've had to do it a number of times. An alternate method is to use hydrogen peroxide.
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:15 AM
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Really!!
learn something every day!
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by kayquilt
An alternate method is to use hydrogen peroxide.
Yep - tried that and it worked.
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:44 AM
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I learned something new today! Thanks!
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Old 07-06-2010, 12:05 PM
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So, how many of you were caught sitting there licking your quilts?!
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Old 07-06-2010, 12:29 PM
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So, how many of you were caught sitting there licking your quilts?!
lol, nah I'm good I will stick to hydrogen peroxide on a q-tip!
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Old 07-06-2010, 12:40 PM
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Be really careful with full strength hydrogen peroxide. It is a bleach of sorts, and may take out the color as well as the blood. As a nurse, we used it to take blood out of our white uniforms, but I would never use it full strength on colored cotton. The saliva trick really works well, just did it again last week. (Guess I am showing my age, we wore white uniforms long before everyone from the docs to the housekeepers wear scrubs!)
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Old 07-06-2010, 12:44 PM
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I have to give blood every three mos. for diabetes (sometimes 6 mos.) and in March of this year, I started to get in the car and had blood everywhere. Had never done that before. Went back into doctor's office and the nurse poured hyd. peroxide on all the blood and every bit of it came out. Surprised me - I thought the blouse was going to go to the rag heap.
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Old 07-06-2010, 12:51 PM
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Yes, that's one of the first thing my DM told when I started quilting.
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