Need help--Dear Jane bleeding
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Need help--Dear Jane bleeding
I just completed my Dear Jane quilt that I made a block a day during Covid. I always prewash my fabrics, but some unwashed scraps must have somehow gotten in. I used 2 color catchers when I washed it in cold water, and at least 2 blocks bled, as you can see from the photos. The ivory colored borders also have areas with some tinges of blue, and the color catchers were thoroughly purple. I was thinking I would try washing it again with 1/2 dozen color catchers, but I can't think of anything else to do. Any suggestions?
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Carol, first off congrats on your finish! I'm working on DJ too so I know the work you have invested. Google "save my bleeding quilt" for instructions on getting the bleed out. Blue Dawn dishwashing liquid will do the trick for you. Good luck!
#3
What a beautiful quilt!! It is the nicest Dear Jane I have seen in a long long time! The only advice I could give, is to take it to a laundromat and use their biggest machine with a handful of colour catchers. I'm sure someone here will have better advice for you.
#8
I use the oxiclean sticks that are a gel, I let it sit for a bit then rewash in cold water and its always work well for me. I had a few batiks bleed on my Frolic quilt and it took it right out.
Beautiful quilt! Congratulations on your finish!
Beautiful quilt! Congratulations on your finish!
#9
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If one googles:
blue dawn fabric bleed removal
one gets quite a few topics to look at.
Vicki Welsh has a blog that many have found helpful
https://www.colorwaysbyvicki.com/sav...g-quilt.html#/
Good luck.
I have learned to soak my new fabrics in hot water for at least two hours before washing them - gently - in cool to warm water.
I had a blue and red - that I had washed "quickly" - bleed when I sprayed sizing/starch on them.
blue dawn fabric bleed removal
one gets quite a few topics to look at.
Vicki Welsh has a blog that many have found helpful
https://www.colorwaysbyvicki.com/sav...g-quilt.html#/
Good luck.
I have learned to soak my new fabrics in hot water for at least two hours before washing them - gently - in cool to warm water.
I had a blue and red - that I had washed "quickly" - bleed when I sprayed sizing/starch on them.
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Perhaps it is because I am a beginner quilter--but since this was your Covid Quilt I would leave it just as it is. I understand being upset---I would be too. You put so much work into it. But Covid-19 is a time like no other. The years of 2020/2021 will remain years like no other. Perhaps you could look at it in the cup half full, and that this will truly be a quilt that is like no other. A quilt that despite your pre-washing your fabrics it took on a life of its own. Perhaps over time it will fade and just be seen as a part of a bigger accomplish--Living through the Covid-19 Pandemic and creating a beautiful piece that can be handed down to other generations with a story literally written in the history books. I have had to look at many things this way lately. Just a thought. It is beautiful whatever you do with the blocks with character.