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03-06-2011, 04:51 PM
#22
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Fluorescent lighting is just as bad as sunlight for fading dyes. I really need to make some kind of covers for my plastic bins to keep the light off of them.
I've never stored fabric in sunlight, but I opened up a yard of fabric the other day to turn into bias binding and the top layer was bleached out, in exactly the right area to make the whole piece unusable for the binding. :(
So many of us are using compact fluorescent bulbs, these days - and they're really terrible on art and textiles.
I've never stored fabric in sunlight, but I opened up a yard of fabric the other day to turn into bias binding and the top layer was bleached out, in exactly the right area to make the whole piece unusable for the binding. :(
So many of us are using compact fluorescent bulbs, these days - and they're really terrible on art and textiles.
03-06-2011, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
Fluorescent lighting is just as bad as sunlight for fading dyes. I really need to make some kind of covers for my plastic bins to keep the light off of them.
I've never stored fabric in sunlight, but I opened up a yard of fabric the other day to turn into bias binding and the top layer was bleached out, in exactly the right area to make the whole piece unusable for the binding. :(
So many of us are using compact fluorescent bulbs, these days - and they're really terrible on art and textiles.
I've never stored fabric in sunlight, but I opened up a yard of fabric the other day to turn into bias binding and the top layer was bleached out, in exactly the right area to make the whole piece unusable for the binding. :(
So many of us are using compact fluorescent bulbs, these days - and they're really terrible on art and textiles.
03-06-2011, 05:14 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by barnbum
Mine are on open bookshelves, but there's only one window facing north and huge pines trees out the window to help. No fabrics--except a quilt hanging on the wall--are near that window. I had the fabrics covered in the other room--facing south and the fabrics directly in the way, but it's too much fun to be able to see them now. I don't want to hide them. The only fabrics I've ever found fad marks on were in a closet where no light got in. Strange.
03-06-2011, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by quilt1950
Is 'fade' the cause of the light streak down the fold line of fabrics? Sometimes I think I carry it home from the fabric store with this light line. Of course, I never notice it in the store.
check your fabric when getting home and return if faded.
03-06-2011, 06:13 PM
#29
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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
i'm always so surprised when people let their fabric get exposed to the sun - we all know how much money goes into our stash - why on earth would you do that.
03-06-2011, 06:18 PM
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mine are on shelves but curtain is always shut.I have not had a problem yet.I have had small quilts in rooms where sun hit a lot and they faded after about 5 yrs of daily exposure.gave me a reason to make more,lol
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