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10-12-2010, 06:47 PM

#11

smtp5

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Texas

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I made a strip quilt on white, and it did bleed through...from connecting threads! But I will get some of that Color catcher in the future!

10-12-2010, 06:56 PM

#12

CarrieAnne

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Location: Whitewater, WI

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They have such great stuff, cant wait til my order comes!

10-12-2010, 07:22 PM

#13

lovequilts

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Seattle, WA

Posts: 977

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......

10-13-2010, 01:42 AM

#14

Annya

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Join Date: Jun 2010

Location: Queensland Australia

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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.

10-13-2010, 04:46 AM

#15

Dani

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Location: beautiful Olympic Peninsula

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Quote:

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..

I too would soak them in warm water. Handle carefully and they shouldn't get wonky. Better to be safe than sorry. Really. You would beat yourself up if you had color run after you were all done after all that work and expense. Dani

10-13-2010, 04:58 AM

#16

Mamagus

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Location: Newfoundland Canada

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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

10-13-2010, 06:45 AM

#17

katiebear1

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: lexington ky

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Quote:

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.

that's what I do too. And I LOVE connecting threads pre cuts . they are very generous in their cut. I ordered the delux batik sampler and I got a bunch of extra end cuts thrown in.

10-13-2010, 04:21 PM

#18

sueisallaboutquilts

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Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: Ohio

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I've bought a lot from CT but I need to check out their pre-cuts, actually no I shouldn't lol :D
I love shopping there.

10-13-2010, 06:51 PM

#19

CruisingStef

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Lakeland, Florida

Posts: 189

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.)