Originally Posted by
Evie
One of my first quilts was made from a kit containing lovely name-brand, Asian-themed fabric. Gold metallic "ink" was featured in most of the printed fabrics. Now, after several washings most of the gold is gone and on one fabric it has turned a greenish "patina"! Has this happened to anyone else? The photo shows the worst of it.
Yes, I have had this happen once before. I used a gold metallic on white on a set of pillowcases. It was the decorative flange piece between the cuff and the body of the pillowcase. After a couple of washings that piece turned green. I tried all kinds of stain removers but nothing worked. It was almost as if the metallic part corroded