bearisgray

That top is Spectacular!

I know that you will get many suggestions for what to do next - -

My suggestions "for next time" - I have now started to soak all my fabrics in hot water (I do let it cool down naturally) for at least three hours to see if the dyes are stable. (There was an article by someone somewhere that she let her fabrics soak even longer) - If the water changes color, I will change the water two or three times until I am comfortable enough with that piece to wash it with a load of white socks.

If the piece is still coloring the water with Kool-Aid intensity after several rinses - I will try to return it if I still have the sales receipt - I consider it to be faulty. If I don't have a receipt, I discard it. In the wastebasket. Not to be used.

Some fabrics color the water the moment they get wet. Some take longer. And some leave the water as clear as can be.

I have had at least one of every color be a bleeder. And I have had many of every color leave the water clear. I can't tell ahead of time what they will do.

Some people are willing to try Retayne or other dye-setting products which are used Before sewing the pieces together.

There are excess dye suspending or loose dye picker-uppers - but I have not used them.

I learned that "just washing" is not adequate when I sprayed some sizing on some red and some blue pieces of washed RJR fabrics (long time ago - maybe their dyes have changed since then) I did not appreciate the red and blue on the pale gray fabric I was using with them.