Kinda sick....is it totally ruined?????
07-16-2014, 07:01 AM
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That is absolutely one gorgeous quilt and I think that if you starch and iron it and send it off to the quilter, all will be well, even if some of the dye that ran is still showing, which is not discernible in the pic, nobody but you will know that as batiks have such color variations in them that it will not even be noticed as a boo-boo but as simply a lovely piece of batik.
07-16-2014, 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by twinkie
I had a similar problem with a quilt for my Grandsons wedding. He is in the Air Force so I wanted to make a patriotic quilt for them. The red and blue bled onto the white on the back. I rewashed it with color catchers and the bleeding came out. I then washed it with salt and vinegar as I was told it would set the colors. The quilt turned out well. Good luck.T
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The red and blue in the flag material bled all over the white on the back. This picture was taken after I got the bleeding out of the white.
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The red and blue in the flag material bled all over the white on the back. This picture was taken after I got the bleeding out of the white.
07-16-2014, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Cecelia363
I thought Batiks and hand dyed fabrics were so "processed" that they were bleed free. I am now afraid to make the quilt using Batik charms with the white back ground. Someone please calm my fears!?
Since you have charms, I would not wash them. After the quilt is finished, though, I would plan on washing the quilt with Synthrapol in *lots* of hot water. I take my quilts to the local laundromat, use the largest front-loader they have, and am careful to select hot water. You need lots of water to dilute any bleeds, and you need hot water so the Synthrapol is activated. Synthrapol works to keep loose dye particles suspended in water so they don't settle back into fabrics.
07-16-2014, 10:30 AM
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I had prewashed all my batiks for a warrior quilt but a red still bled when I steamed near it. Washed it in HOT water with synthrapol and all the dye magnets I had on hand (3), checked when it came out of the washer, repeated the Hot water synthrapol washing. Red totally gone from the white block and a hugh sign of relief from me because I needed to turn the quilt in the following week.
A quilting friend said she actually soaked a quilt in synthrapol overnight but that it did remove the errant color.
Worth a try and for me, nothing to loose, as I could not turn in the quilt with red bleeding onto a white block.
A quilting friend said she actually soaked a quilt in synthrapol overnight but that it did remove the errant color.
Worth a try and for me, nothing to loose, as I could not turn in the quilt with red bleeding onto a white block.
07-16-2014, 10:42 AM
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That quilt is GORGEOUS!!, I think it looks fine in the picture, and if there is any bleeding I bet the quilting will help distract from it. What color thread are you using for quilting? What pattern? I sure hope you show the finished picture. Love your quilt.
07-16-2014, 12:50 PM
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Fortyniner, I don't see any problem with the yellow in the quilt. It's beautiful, gorgeous and all kinds of other beauty words, and I mean every one of them!
The recipient won't know that it was 'christened' before it was finished.
The recipient won't know that it was 'christened' before it was finished.
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