Originally Posted by
conniemaried
OK, now I'm really worried. I'm a newbie, and just today did the first piecing on a lap quilt done in Bali Pops Watermelon. This is to be a special gift to my Granddaughter for her 8th birthday. I've sewn 93 strips of the Pops to 186 pieces of 1895 'gardenia', an extremely pale yellow. Should I stop now and wash, or what? I can't give her a quilt that might bleed. Help!! Please!!
All I would do is be sure to wash the finished quilt in Synthrapol and hot water, in a washing machine that uses a lot of water (top loader at home or large front loader at laundromat). Synthrapol will suspend any unset dye particles in the water so they get rinsed away instead of creating bleeds into other fabrics. You should be fine.
If you want a little more reassurance, take scraps of all the fabrics and stick them in a glass of water; see if anything bleeds.