Originally Posted by
carol45
I have seen someone on this board say that bleeding is not only caused by the dark fabric, but by the light fabric accepting the bleeding dye. You can put a piece of your bleeding fabric in hot water with light fabrics that you intend to use in the quilt to see if they absorb the turquoise. If they don't, then you shouldn't have the problem.
To be picky -
If a bleeding fabric is still bleeding - it's still bleeding
It's a problem if the OTHER fabrics pick up the dye/color - some are dye resistant - some aren't
It even seems that with some fabrics, only some AREAS pick up stray colors