I'm nervous about washing this deep red fabric again--now it's a quilt back.
08-04-2011, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by helou
Maurene
How much salt do you use in a sink?
I have some yardage of green fabrics and red fabrics that I must have soaked, washed, rinsed, dried, ironed so many times. They soaked in vinegar, salt, I used color catchers but still, the rinse water is not clear. It is some nice fabrics that I bought in a LQS on my trip to the States last April. It is owned by a knowned quilter who has written many quilting books so I figure it is good quality fabrics.
and I do not want to not use it in a quilt...
How much salt do you use in a sink?
I have some yardage of green fabrics and red fabrics that I must have soaked, washed, rinsed, dried, ironed so many times. They soaked in vinegar, salt, I used color catchers but still, the rinse water is not clear. It is some nice fabrics that I bought in a LQS on my trip to the States last April. It is owned by a knowned quilter who has written many quilting books so I figure it is good quality fabrics.
and I do not want to not use it in a quilt...
08-04-2011, 05:06 AM
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Washer is filling now... I found spots where I had to add quilting...
Added--so far so good--I put six sheets in and none had the slightest pink... I only washed it on a 4 min gentle cycle and I'm spinning it well... rinsing coming....
I HATE washing quilts--it seems cruel. lol
Added again: some of the sheets were pinkish in the rinse..so I added two more. I didn't see any red in the yellow. I let it rinse half way once--agitating by hand between machine work, then spun it and rinsed it a bit again only agitating by hand. Final spin now...
In the dryer now--I didn't see any red in the yellow binding! I'll do a full inspection once it's dry. Needs to be wrapped and delivered at 4:00 this afternoon!
Added--so far so good--I put six sheets in and none had the slightest pink... I only washed it on a 4 min gentle cycle and I'm spinning it well... rinsing coming....
I HATE washing quilts--it seems cruel. lol
Added again: some of the sheets were pinkish in the rinse..so I added two more. I didn't see any red in the yellow. I let it rinse half way once--agitating by hand between machine work, then spun it and rinsed it a bit again only agitating by hand. Final spin now...
In the dryer now--I didn't see any red in the yellow binding! I'll do a full inspection once it's dry. Needs to be wrapped and delivered at 4:00 this afternoon!
08-04-2011, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Maurene
Originally Posted by helou
Maurene
How much salt do you use in a sink?
I have some yardage of green fabrics and red fabrics that I must have soaked, washed, rinsed, dried, ironed so many times. They soaked in vinegar, salt, I used color catchers but still, the rinse water is not clear. It is some nice fabrics that I bought in a LQS on my trip to the States last April. It is owned by a knowned quilter who has written many quilting books so I figure it is good quality fabrics.
and I do not want to not use it in a quilt...
How much salt do you use in a sink?
I have some yardage of green fabrics and red fabrics that I must have soaked, washed, rinsed, dried, ironed so many times. They soaked in vinegar, salt, I used color catchers but still, the rinse water is not clear. It is some nice fabrics that I bought in a LQS on my trip to the States last April. It is owned by a knowned quilter who has written many quilting books so I figure it is good quality fabrics.
and I do not want to not use it in a quilt...
I'm in Quebec city and quite new to quilting. My SIL lives in St Hubert and she is very much involved in quilting and has been for the last 20 years (at least) and she is only 49 yo. she's the one who motivated me into trying to learn
I have not used my green fabric yet as I'm still working on another one... I might wash and wash and soak it some more lolll
I have never been to the annual CQ
08-04-2011, 06:03 AM
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Almost dry--it's FINE!!!! Even though the sheets turned pink, it didn't mean the color was bothering the quilt. I did wash this fabric many times before using it... and the water was still tinged with the last wash. but that's fine. When I think about it, when sheets are used in regular wash--color from clothes still comes out.
Happy dance!! I just made a card for her with my photos and will wrap it soon!
Thanks for all the help.
Happy dance!! I just made a card for her with my photos and will wrap it soon!
Thanks for all the help.
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