Sewline that did not wash out
#11
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no matter what you want to use to mark your quilt you should always test to make sure it will come out---every time- it might come out of one then not out of the next---save yourself aggrivation and ALWAYS TEST.
try an oxyclean paste- brushed into the lines- or if your fabrics can handle it you could try spray & wash- or shout...
if you heat set the lines- they will probably fade with time. or the oxyclean or other spot treatment might help.
try an oxyclean paste- brushed into the lines- or if your fabrics can handle it you could try spray & wash- or shout...
if you heat set the lines- they will probably fade with time. or the oxyclean or other spot treatment might help.
#12
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I haven't used the Sewline but I did have a similar problem with blue chalk. I discovered that it wasn't the quilt but the quilting cotton thread that I couldn't get the colour out of. It did eventually become less visible (several washes) in time but it never completely came out. I hope some of the solutions suggested work for you, it is soooo disappointing after all that work.
#13
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: West New York, New Jersey
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I'm winia's friend who had the same problem, lines (pink and also green) that wouldn't come out. I used the Sewline eraser and it didn't do the job. I've had no problem with the white Sewline. Someone here mentioned the Sewline website so I'll check that out.
#14
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Location: Bushkill, Pa
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I went to the Sewline website, and there is a mention that the dye is weak and it doesn't hold up in sunlight. After I
washed the quilt, I put it outside for several hours in the sunlight to dry. I am about to press it, but as I went
over it, I could not see any green markings. So, the
answer seems to be sunlight. Cross my fingers.
washed the quilt, I put it outside for several hours in the sunlight to dry. I am about to press it, but as I went
over it, I could not see any green markings. So, the
answer seems to be sunlight. Cross my fingers.
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