Originally Posted by
copycat
Yes, I had a red fabric from the Moda line, that was a bleeder, that I purchased at my local quilt shop. I soaked and washed it 5 times until it stopped. I let the quilt shop owner know that this red fabric was a bleeder. She replied that red fabrics can do that sometimes.
A Moda fabric from a Local Quilt Shop that bled? Can't be!
It's a Moda - a "good quality" line
It was purchased at a Local Quilt Shop
Snort!!!!!!!!!
Just the idea of having to "treat" commercially dyed fabrics with something more to keep them color-fast just ticks me off.
(I know it's not as serious a problem as world hunger, etc. etc. etc. - but, to me, it's in the category of an avoidable nuisance.)
I think the least the manufacturers could do, would be to put a warning/advisory line on the bolt end saying that - for whatever reason - "this fabric may bleed - pretreating with Retayne (or whatever) may minimize the problem".
I know that there are new regulations about what dyes can (or should) be used in the US. But what about the rest of the world?
As far as that goes, are Retayne and Synthropol "user friendly"?