Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • I must be doing something wrong - >
  • I must be doing something wrong -

  • I must be doing something wrong -

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 04-25-2019, 11:50 AM
      #1  
    Power Poster
    Thread Starter
     
    Join Date: May 2008
    Location: MN
    Posts: 24,643
    Default I must be doing something wrong -

    I have had fabric shrink and fabric bleed.

    I have bought fabric (at LQS) that had flaws that I missed.

    How do some people never ever have any of those problems?
    bearisgray is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 12:02 PM
      #2  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Dec 2010
    Location: Chula Vista CA
    Posts: 7,401
    Default

    Ya got me, because I have had all those things happen too. One piece of fabric shrank so bad it was destorted and bled like crazy.
    quiltingcandy is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 12:04 PM
      #3  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jul 2010
    Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
    Posts: 9,475
    Default

    I think we all have had a piece of fabric that does have some sort of flaw in it. Just the other day a friend showed me 2 pieces of fabric that had a light area going down the fold side. It looked like it was in the LQS window and got faded by the sun. She called the LQS and they told her to send it back with receipt and they would give her credit. So it does happen.
    Jordan is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 12:12 PM
      #4  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Southern USA
    Posts: 16,382
    Default

    I quilt on the edge. LOL
    Onebyone is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 02:00 PM
      #5  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2010
    Location: Utah
    Posts: 2,093
    Default

    I work in a LQS, and we see it occasionally. But not that often. There have been a couple lines of fabric that came with an information page, telling us to inform our customers that the fabric was likely to bleed. Gee's Bend hand dye was one. And we have a 54" wide chambray collection that we warn the customers about.

    If I'm measuring out yardage, I try to spot any imperfections, and point them out to the customer. If we find anything, we can give them 30% off, or cut a new piece. It's not a happy day when an imperfection is smack dab in the center of a big piece! But sometimes we can work around it.

    Woven (yarn dyed or homespun) fabrics have imperfections. It's just a fact that we have to live with. It's what gives it character.

    Some white on white fabrics have bits of other colored threads in them occasionally. It's like other fabric lint was in the air when the WOW was being woven, and it got woven in. Sometimes they can be picked out. Those fabrics are a lower price for that reason.
    quiltedsunshine is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 02:50 PM
      #6  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Feb 2018
    Location: North Carolina
    Posts: 2,414
    Default

    Lots of my fabric was bought at thrift shops and I found many imperfections, but I guess that's why they ending up at thrift shops in the first place. I just cut the pieces I need avoiding the bad spots. If I bought fabric at a regular price in a LQS, I'd yell and return it in a minute!!
    SillySusan is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 03:28 PM
      #7  
    Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2018
    Posts: 39
    Default

    I never wash without a color catcher. Sometimes I throw two in just to be sure.
    HoneyJ is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 04:39 PM
      #8  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: May 2011
    Location: Pacific NW
    Posts: 9,556
    Default

    Originally Posted by bearisgray

    How do some people never ever have any of those problems?
    I don't know that they never have any of the problems you listed, I just think they never admit it!

    Reminds me of the time when I was a teen and I went to my mom's office. Everyone there was over-the-top nice and kept telling me what a wonderful, polite, bright, sweet person I was. I made a comment later about it to my mom and she told me they all thought that because she never, ever once complained about me or my brothers, while everyone else shared their struggles with their kids. So they all thought we were nearly perfect (which, of course we weren't!) That taught me a lesson.
    Peckish is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 04:56 PM
      #9  
    Power Poster
     
    dunster's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Mar 2009
    Location: Lake Elsinore, CA
    Posts: 15,239
    Default

    If you give away a quilt and the fabrics run when it's washed, you don't usually find out about it. I think that's part of why some people can say they've never had a problem.
    dunster is offline  
    Old 04-25-2019, 06:08 PM
      #10  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jul 2011
    Location: Cascade, Co
    Posts: 1,391
    Default

    When I give a quilt as a gift I always give a box of color catcher with it with washing instructions.
    BSKTLOFR-QUILTER is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    woody1229
    Main
    243
    03-02-2011 05:24 PM
    Joeysnana
    Main
    7
    01-25-2011 02:49 PM
    dar627742
    General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    6
    05-20-2010 02:40 AM
    bettyjo
    Pictures
    24
    04-16-2010 04:38 PM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter