Originally Posted by Tartan
Keeping my fingers crossed. Don't put it in the dryer if there are any more bleeds as that will set the colour. Don't know what I would do. Pick a backing that will look good but hide any later bleeds and quilt it up if it's stopped bleeding? Do get Color catchers for future adventures in washing the quilt.
The dryer won't set the color. Ever washed a pair of whity tighties with a red shirt and have them come out pink? Another 3 or 4 washes and the whity tighties are white again.
You have to do some thing chemically to set modern chemical dyes.