Originally Posted by
Cogito
This is was a very interesting read so thank you for sharing! I do have to say that for me personally it would take ALL of the joy out of quilt making if I had to do this with every fabric. I have not had problems to date and maybe someday I will but ugh no way do I want to go through this! I guess I will just be sad when/if I ever have a quilt that bleeds.
If you have never had a quilt that bleeds, you might be leading a charmed life. :-) I say this nicely, trust me. In the past, fabrics that I used rarely bled. Now, it seems that many do...reds, black, blues, even greens. And don't even talk to me about batiks. The method used by Vicki in the post by Laur Mac does work. I have a quilt that was block of the month...my favorite quilt...and they gave us precut fabrics, so we couldn't shrink it...the cranberry color bled all over the place. Ruined it...and it was hand quilted by the Amish. So...count your lucky stars and hope you never have such a problem as bleeding fabric.