MASSIVE shrinkage - beware
02-08-2013, 12:52 PM
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Please tell me what blue jeans don't fade? I always wash mine in cold water and still they fade. Of course, I am outside a lot, in good weather.
We can expect different results because of the advance in the chemical dyes over the last 25 years. Some like blue jeans are made to fade; others can be washed in hot, dried on hot twice a week and still look brand new. That's why companies spend so much money on research and graduating chemists can still find jobs that aren't in cosmetics and fertilizer fields, for just 2 examples. We've come a long way, baby! They still need to conquor red and black. LOL!
02-08-2013, 01:52 PM
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We can expect different results because of the advance in the chemical dyes over the last 25 years. Some like blue jeans are made to fade; others can be washed in hot, dried on hot twice a week and still look brand new. That's why companies spend so much money on research and graduating chemists can still find jobs that aren't in cosmetics and fertilizer fields, for just 2 examples. We've come a long way, baby! They still need to conquor red and black. LOL!
Alison
02-08-2013, 03:21 PM
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02-08-2013, 08:11 PM
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I give all my quilts away to friends and family and make a lot of kids quilts. I always wash and dry my fabrics on hot temperatures so the recipient can wash them how ever they want without fear of shrinkage or bleeding.
02-09-2013, 05:51 AM
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Alison,
Thank you for starting this thread and I will keep following hoping that you will share any response you get from Henry with us.
Also, I love the diversity of this board! When I go to quilt shows, I really enjoy the artistic talents that you have on display and I get ideas everywhere. BUT, as your quilting sister, you'll probably never see a quilt of mine there not that I wouldn't love to be able to create something that lovely. I am content to create mostly simple quilts that little kids sometimes call their "cover" or "covers" that will be privy to all the chaos that can exist in a child's life. So, they'll see the washer/dryer often especially after they have already been in "hot water" and need a laundry trip!
If I made or even owned one of those beautiful quilts some of my fellow QB members make, I'd hesitate to wash at all. They are true works of art! I am celebrating the diversity we share and appreciating the inspiration that other quilters bring and so willingly share!
Thank you for starting this thread and I will keep following hoping that you will share any response you get from Henry with us.
Also, I love the diversity of this board! When I go to quilt shows, I really enjoy the artistic talents that you have on display and I get ideas everywhere. BUT, as your quilting sister, you'll probably never see a quilt of mine there not that I wouldn't love to be able to create something that lovely. I am content to create mostly simple quilts that little kids sometimes call their "cover" or "covers" that will be privy to all the chaos that can exist in a child's life. So, they'll see the washer/dryer often especially after they have already been in "hot water" and need a laundry trip!
If I made or even owned one of those beautiful quilts some of my fellow QB members make, I'd hesitate to wash at all. They are true works of art! I am celebrating the diversity we share and appreciating the inspiration that other quilters bring and so willingly share!
02-11-2013, 08:19 AM
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Sorry for your experience and hope that "plan B" works out for you.
Here is another possible reason someone would Wash in hot water and Dry on hot.
If you have children and I know some of you do, some children have been known to bring home stowaways. Yes ladies I am talking about lice. No matter how clean you are, you can get them. Now if you have ever had to rid bedding of them short of dry cleaning you know that washing and drying on the "hot" setting is the only way to kill them.
If I had a quilt that I put my time and effort into I think I would have done the same thing.
Here is another possible reason someone would Wash in hot water and Dry on hot.
If you have children and I know some of you do, some children have been known to bring home stowaways. Yes ladies I am talking about lice. No matter how clean you are, you can get them. Now if you have ever had to rid bedding of them short of dry cleaning you know that washing and drying on the "hot" setting is the only way to kill them.
If I had a quilt that I put my time and effort into I think I would have done the same thing.
02-18-2013, 05:28 PM
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Perhaps we should make a point of complaining since most fabrics are done in China. Companies are starting to come back to the USA as they are finding out they are not really saving money going there. Quality is so poor. So I say we need to get those companies back to our soil.
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