AFTER the bleeding :(
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It would have been salvageable, had I not tried that last product. Huge lessons learned.
The next quilt I'm going to finish has some bright blue next to white. I'll definitely use the color catchers, but I will be scared to death to wash it.
The next quilt I'm going to finish has some bright blue next to white. I'll definitely use the color catchers, but I will be scared to death to wash it.
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This is exactly the reason I always set the dyes in the fabrics I use for quilts! Not that I'm all that experienced, mind you, being still a rank amateur. I have the fabric all dye-set, washed, dried and ironed for a log cabin quilt. I spent about $300 for the fabric alone. But it's reds and whites and despite anything you do (just about) red will bleed. I discovered the Rit dye-setter almost by accident (honestly, I don't own stock in the company or anything), but I'm a believer. It also works for those who want to hand-paint! Enough said. It's a tragic thing to have a quilt bleed to that extent! I am so sorry this happened to you.
Jeanette Frantz
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So sorry you had this experience. I'm pretty gun shy about sewn swaps, but do enjoy fabric swaps. I am not a pre-washer, but do wash with Syntrapol in the first washing of a finished product.
Bed runners are very popular right now... If you are considering cutting the damaged part away, maybe you could make it a bed runner?
Bed runners are very popular right now... If you are considering cutting the damaged part away, maybe you could make it a bed runner?
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It would be sideways if it was a bed runner....there is directionality to some of the blocks. What is left could be about 39 x 70. Maybe I'll cut out 2 x 3 blocks and 3 x 3 blocks and make two baby quilts?
All those who talk about pre-washing...remember, this was a block exchange. I didn't have pieces of fabric to pre-wash, and it was only 1-2 of the received blocks that bled (the ruined fabric in the photos is from one of the products I used to try to fix it--none of those fabrics ran in the first two washings). Or would y'all pre-wash the blocks before you put them into the quilt?
But a good lesson on doing too much to "fix" a problem.
All those who talk about pre-washing...remember, this was a block exchange. I didn't have pieces of fabric to pre-wash, and it was only 1-2 of the received blocks that bled (the ruined fabric in the photos is from one of the products I used to try to fix it--none of those fabrics ran in the first two washings). Or would y'all pre-wash the blocks before you put them into the quilt?
But a good lesson on doing too much to "fix" a problem.
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I'm very sorry about the loss of your quilt. We become attached to these things when they are a part of our lives for several weeks.
I gift Color Catchers with every quilt I give away. I haven't been able to keep one for myself yet.
I have a piece of Maywood black in a bowl right now. The water is not pretty.
I gift Color Catchers with every quilt I give away. I haven't been able to keep one for myself yet.
I have a piece of Maywood black in a bowl right now. The water is not pretty.
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