connecting threads package is here!
#13
I don't wash very much of my new fabric. If it quality fabric it should be ok.....A lot of the wash or not comes from "olden" days when fabric shrank a lot more than today and colors often ran. We have made such progress with our fabrics......
#14
I would check and see if they bleed. Wash them in warm soapy water them rinse them after they stop bleeding. If they continue add vinegar and a 1/2 cup of salt and let the water go cold. this way the dye is set unless you buy dye setter. I always wash mine fabrics now since I had problems with some fabric.
#15
Originally Posted by quiltingbee12
I think soaking them in warm water to see if they bleed would be good, otherwise I'd just use them. I am bad and don't prewash because I do my laundry by hand and hang it to dry..
#16
PLEASE wash the reds from Connecting Threads!!!! I bought some SNOW FUN fabric last year and since I am not a pre-washer I went ahead and made the quilt for my hubby. It was a well-loved and often used quilt that soon needed washing. I washed it on cold and was horrified that the red dye ran. I washed four more times without it getting dried in between washing and the dye eventually came out.
PLEASE wash the reds!!
Here's the quilt btw: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-34785-1.htm
PLEASE wash the reds!!
Here's the quilt btw: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-34785-1.htm
#17
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Originally Posted by np3
I don't pre-wash LQS fabric. When you wash the project for the first time, you can use color-catchers in the wash.
#19
I received my order from Connecting Threads yesterday, everything was spectacular! I especially like the thimble rings from Fons & Porter. The fabric is outstanding, I do prewash the large pieces and hand wash the fat quarters. Everyone on the thread is talking about color catchers. Where can I pick up some? At my LQS in town? ( My last order contained alot of reds, and I'm afraid I'm going to need the color catchers.)
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