Originally Posted by
LGJARN52
I've never heard of anyone wanting to lighten fabric before, unless it's a print fabric and then quilters may use the backside of the fabric. Can you hang it out in direct sunlight for a couple of days? Sorry, maybe someone else will have an answer for you.
The reason I want to lighten the fabric. - Last week at an estate sale I bought 2 packs (5" charm squares) of 1862 Battle Hymn by Barbara Brackman, a nice civil war fabric line from about 10-15 years ago. It's a darker fabric. I have some leftover Aged Muslin fabric from a project a few years ago that I really like and also need to use up. I thought the muted shades of this would go well with the Barbara Brackman fabric but they are med-dark and if I used as is there wouldn't be enough contrast. So . . . I thought I could lighten them up and everything would be great. But they won't lighten 🤔