Well, that'll teach me :-(
#11
these are my thoughts, too.
#12
Doesn't all cotton fabric shrink to some degree? I've noticed some of the worst shrinkage comes from cotton flannel. I should've known better because the weave was so loose I could see it from the shelf, but when I prewashed it came out not just shrunken, but quite distorted, too. Maybe I just overdid the prewashing, but it was enough to put me off flannel for the foreseeable future.
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I bought a bolt of some black fabric - maybe 20 years ago? I also bought two bolts of two dark blues of the same brand.
I finally decided to wash some of it so that I could use it. The blues are fine - minimal shrinking, no color loss.
This is the first time EVER that I have seen a fabric do what the black did. I put it in hot water - the water turned black - and there was sort of a sooty residue left in the water. Rinsed it again and again - still black water. Put it in the dryer - it left black "soot" in the dryer.
Then put it in the washing machine - it SHREDDED! I also wiped it with a white cloth - and it left "soot" on the white cloth.
I put it all in the trash. (Might have been good for a raggedy Halloween costume though.) I called the manufacturer, and because of the time delay - too bad, so sad.
Moral of the story - keep your receipts. Wash your fabric (if you do) SOON after you get it.
I consider bleeding fabric to be defective and I will be a Problem In The Area when I return it.
I finally decided to wash some of it so that I could use it. The blues are fine - minimal shrinking, no color loss.
This is the first time EVER that I have seen a fabric do what the black did. I put it in hot water - the water turned black - and there was sort of a sooty residue left in the water. Rinsed it again and again - still black water. Put it in the dryer - it left black "soot" in the dryer.
Then put it in the washing machine - it SHREDDED! I also wiped it with a white cloth - and it left "soot" on the white cloth.
I put it all in the trash. (Might have been good for a raggedy Halloween costume though.) I called the manufacturer, and because of the time delay - too bad, so sad.
Moral of the story - keep your receipts. Wash your fabric (if you do) SOON after you get it.
I consider bleeding fabric to be defective and I will be a Problem In The Area when I return it.
#15
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I'm not a prewasher either so it would have happened to me too. But I have noticed that fabric quality has changed with some brands and not totally across the line. Some of the solids out there are terrible. But I will look more carefully now and consider prewashing. Thanks.
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I own a serger and I hate what happens to fabric in the wash.
I serge my fabric before I wash it.
It doesn't take long at all and no mess!
I also serge around my quilts before I bind them.
Makes a clean, neat edge for binding.
I serge my fabric before I wash it.
It doesn't take long at all and no mess!
I also serge around my quilts before I bind them.
Makes a clean, neat edge for binding.
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When fabric is very expensive, why risk losing fabric to frsying and tangled threads?
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