Originally Posted by
QuiltE
Pardon my ignorance ......
but how does an HE washer make a quilt fade,
any more than any other automatic washer?
Doesn't the fade-ability connect more so to the fabric?
where dies that are not fully "set" (may be the wrong word technically)?
I guessed it was because it does not fill much, so part of quilt stayed above water line and was dry, and part that was under the water line faded. I had meticulously prewashed the fabrics, and the quilt had been laundered previously with good results, and I washed it on gentle cycle in cold water, with Tide HE. It had a dark rust solid, and a dark rust paisley, plus gray and unbleached muslin. Now all the off-white muslin is pink, but with bleed areas that are unsightly. I sought advice from professional quilters to eliminate or reduce staining, and it helped a little bit, but that is all. If I had not pretreated the fabrics carefully, I would not have been surprised.