Do you prewash and why?
10-22-2010, 12:23 PM
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Don't know if you tried this, but with charms, just soak them in the sink, if you must prewash. You can put a color catcher in, with hot water, a squirt of detergent, swish and let soak. Rinse and lay flat on a towel to air dry. Then you won't have all that mess to deal with from the agitation of the washer or the tumbling in the dryer.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
10-22-2010, 12:31 PM
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This is an area that even the 'pros' have different opinions!!!
I do not prewash unless it is a dark fabric and I always air dry outside. I bought an expensive red and it bled and bled. Bought a red at Wally World for $4.99 a yard and it did not bleed at all. I tested DMC red embroidery thread for redwork and I was amazed at how much it bled.
I do not prewash unless it is a dark fabric and I always air dry outside. I bought an expensive red and it bled and bled. Bought a red at Wally World for $4.99 a yard and it did not bleed at all. I tested DMC red embroidery thread for redwork and I was amazed at how much it bled.
10-22-2010, 05:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Candace
Sorry, I don't understand this posting and what it's supposed to mean! If you'd rather go through all that vinegar washing, zig zag sewing etc. rather than just throwing it in the washer and dryer....I don't get it.
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10-22-2010, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by everybody's mother
Originally Posted by Candace
Sorry, I don't understand this posting and what it's supposed to mean! If you'd rather go through all that vinegar washing, zig zag sewing etc. rather than just throwing it in the washer and dryer....I don't get it.
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10-22-2010, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by oatw13
I always prewash. I like to see how a fabric will look when it is washed and how it holds up in the wash. I have had a few surprises along the way!
Fabrics are also treated with many chemicals, not just dyes. Those chemicals are terrible for you to breathe in and work with. Recently, I have had some "good" fabric that I washed that had the most awful smell AFTER I washed it. After about 10 washings, the chemicals and smell still wouldn't come out. If I had not washed it first, I never would have known.
Fabrics are also treated with many chemicals, not just dyes. Those chemicals are terrible for you to breathe in and work with. Recently, I have had some "good" fabric that I washed that had the most awful smell AFTER I washed it. After about 10 washings, the chemicals and smell still wouldn't come out. If I had not washed it first, I never would have known.
10-22-2010, 10:42 PM
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I can go either way, but it is all or nothing for the entire quilt. If I have an incling of doubt, I wash and of course all Swap blocks have to be prewashed. Now, I tend to toss the yardage in the washer with like colors and dry it to just dry. That way it is easy to smooth out.
10-23-2010, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by knlsmith
sometimes i do, most times I don't. I wash the blues and reds and darks, etc. Shout color catchers are AWESOME!
10-23-2010, 02:48 AM
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Ok Candace, I'm afraid I offended you, sorry. I think she may have been venting and sometimes it is hard to understand the way people go about it,Can we be friends?
Hey, that was a little snippy. She was just answering the question. That is just the way she does it. Let's play nice
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Not snippy at all. She started the topic and wasn't answering any questions. I still don't get the topic! Don't feel like you have to be my mommy and scold me(everybodys mother indeed).
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Originally Posted by Candace
Originally Posted by everybody's mother
Originally Posted by Candace
Sorry, I don't understand this posting and what it's supposed to mean! If you'd rather go through all that vinegar washing, zig zag sewing etc. rather than just throwing it in the washer and dryer....I don't get it.
:cry:
:hunf:
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