Originally Posted by
Tartan
If you are using brights on a light background, I would hand wash your squares and lay them out on white paper towels to see if you have a bleeder. If everything looks good then iron and starch them before marking, embroider your names and then cut out the shape.
Are you going to hand or machine appliqué them on?
A good point-- dark on light may necessitate pre-washing anyway. I was planning to machine appliqué the leaves.