Originally Posted by
QuiltnLady1
I just made a table runnner using pre-washed batiks (I washed them 3 times). Well, when I steamed the seams the dark still bled onto the light right on the seams (if I had used Harriet Hargrave's test to wet, put it between paper towels and put a weight on it I would have known to continue washing). I will be throwing the top in the wash with come color catchers and see if I can get the color out. I don't normally prewash everything because I do test, but I may just bite the bullet and do all of it.
Colour catchers will not take the stains out of your fabric ... they are meant for catching the loose dye floating in the water, to prevent it from setting back into the fabric being washed.
You will need to treat it with Synthropol or Dr. Beckman's Dye Remover