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Old 06-22-2011, 10:48 AM
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Hi, all you wonderful quilters. I hope you can help me with
my concern. I have a twin brother on dialysis, and I made
him a quilt. He requested red, white and blue as he served
in the military 20 years. Now the quilt is finished, and I am ready to wash it in cold water before I take it to him. Idid the binding in red and bordered it in dark blue. I am
very concerned that the color will bleed on the white blocks.
The blocks are also red and blue with the white. It being patriotic colors, has anyone else had trouble with bleeding of these colors? ,
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Old 06-22-2011, 10:49 AM
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definetely use a color catcher...but mostly wanted tos ay your avatar quilt is beautiful !
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Old 06-22-2011, 10:55 AM
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Thank you Kimmie. My wonderful friend made the wall quilt for me as a Christmas present. I love it, too.
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:03 AM
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use a color catcher....cold water - maybe add vinegar to the rinse water to set the color for future washes
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:06 AM
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Ditto on the color catcher in the wash.

Also, DITTO on the beautiful wall hanging.
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:22 AM
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I would use a color catcher just to be sure!!
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:24 AM
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I would definetly use a color catcher. Red & blue are both bad at bleeding.
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:25 AM
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I would use several color catchers/
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Old 06-22-2011, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by kwhite
I would use several color catchers/
I use a couple of them if I have a concern
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Old 06-22-2011, 01:34 PM
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Definetly use a color catcher.
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