Thread: scared to wash
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Old 07-04-2015, 12:45 PM
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suern3
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Even if you decide to hand wash in bathtub in cool water, I would still put in several of the Shout color catchers, just to be safer. I have washed a few of my antique quilts in the bathtub and then dried outside, exactly as Prism described. I would also suggest that you have someone to help you with the washing process as the quilts become unbelievably heavy after they are in water. Unless I'm unbelievably weak. One of the antique quilts had a dark brown fabric that ran and that was the one I washed by myself. I really think if I could have handled rinsing it more, it might have rinsed out, but that was not the case. Color Catchers weren't around yet when I did the handwashing but I always use them when machine washing my quilts now.
By the way, that is a beautiful quilt! Hope all goes well for you.
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