How to set dyes, written by a quilter who dyes her own fabrics:
http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_...d-fabrics.html
http://vickiwelsh.typepad.com/field_...ness-post.html
"Briefly, my process involves soaking the fabrics overnight in hot water with Synthrapol (or other detergent) instead of repeated wash and rinse cycles. My experience tells me that the long exposure to water is better at leaching out all of the excess dyes than repreated washign and rinsing."