Originally Posted by Lori S
I agree that Retayne is the way to go .. just be advised that fabrics treated with Retayne need to be washed in COLD water once treated. You may want to make a care lable for this quilt.
As you found out many batiks bleed more in the second wash , or some even later ... because there is often resist still in the fabric.( Resist is what is used in the dying process to keep dyes in specifc places. ). Once this remaining resist is removed either via temperature and or detergent , what once may not have run/bleed on inital check , may start to bleed or bleed worse.
:cry: :cry: Man am I confused. Does this mean that even after I treat the fabric that it can continue to bleed? What if the receiver forgets and washes it in hot water, will that undo the Retayne? Maybe I am making too big of a deal out of this but the lady I want to give it to is really special and I wanted the quilt also to be special. I guess there are no quarantees.BrendaK