Originally Posted by Sister Sal
I was always told to either pre-wash fabric before quilting or not, but what you do to some, do it to all the fabric. I now am in a jam. I am making a black and white quilt for charity. I needed more solid black but I didn't pre-wash the other fabric and I'm afraid it might run. Would I be safe if I washed it with the color catcher and let it air dry?
Shout Color Grabber (I bought mine at Walmart) solved that problem for me. I had a red, white and blue quilt and my cat threw up on it. It had never been washed. I threw 2 color grabber sheets into the cold water wash and praise be all my colors came out perfectly.