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I have a quilt top that I embroidered some lighthouses on white material. I bordered it with red. When I was ironing it some of the red came off on the ironing board. I took a piece of red scrap and put it in some water, first without soap and then with, and swished it around - rung it out. No color came out. Can I trust that and leave the red borders or should I change to a different color? I don't want the white squares tinted red. :-)
There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Think good thoughts for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING... (Borrowed from Airwick156 :-)
Sounds like crocking vs. bleeding, but What temp was the water? I think I would sew a scrap of the red & white together and actually wash it to see what happens.
"I do not understand how anyone can live without one small place of enchantment to turn to."
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Cold. The scrap is still in it. Are you saying maybe it was the heat that made it bleed?
There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Think good thoughts for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING... (Borrowed from Airwick156 :-)
If you leave the red when you finish the quilt wash it with Synthropol and use color catchers.
Had to look this up. Never heard of it. I'll see if Walmart has it.
There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Think good thoughts for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING... (Borrowed from Airwick156 :-)
I think I would wash the red before using it for sure.
If a woman's work is never done....why start?
It's already sewn on the quilt top. :-(
There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Think good thoughts for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE...Getting back up is LIVING... (Borrowed from Airwick156 :-)
I washed a Bear Paw quilt last Saturday, for the first time. The quilt has a white background and each of the bear paw blocks is made with a different red from Moda's Crazy for Red by Minnick & Simpson and one of those reds in the backing. I used four Color Catchers in the wash and while all the Color Catchers came out medium pink . . .not a speck of color transferred to the white background. Yes, I was sweating bullets waiting for the machine to stop LOL.
Blessings,
-Robin
Bernina 780 & 350, Babylock Tiara II & Evolution
Robin did you wash your quilt in hot water?
Thanks for the reminder about Synthrapol. I am working on a bee challenge where we swapped several fabrics and one of them bleeds. I thought I might have to throw the challenge away. With the synthrapol, I may have a chance.
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