Originally Posted by
NikkiLu
I just threw away a piece of deep blue batik that my BFF had - she passed away and I got some of her fabric. I hand washed it in my pure white dish pan with just a drop of liquid soap in lukewarm water and it turned my water a brilliant blue. After about 4 or 5 rinses it was still brilliant blue - so I threw it away. It wasn't a very big piece, maybe 1/2 yard at the most - so not worth getting any of those chemicals to try to make it stop bleeding.
Yikes! Never through away fabric, especially batiks, lol! I make a lot of wall hangings that would rarely if not ever be washed. Anyone wanting to throw bleeding fabric away can always mail it to me....I'd be glad to pay the postage. Just can't imagine throwing fabric away.
