If none of the stain removal tips work, would you be able to applique over the affected areas?

Anxiously waiting to hear what success you have with removing the blue dye.

What it new floss? I am afraid to try embroidering after hearing that? What brand did you use?

wish I knew what to tell you, hope you find some way to save it!

The only suggestion I had was the color catchers...I sure hope you can save it...just makes you almost sick to your stomach doesn't it?? I'm so sorry it happened to you.

I love to embroider...actually, just getting back into it...but, as much as this is not our favorite part of quilting...it is reccommended that you wet embroidery flosses...rinse in warm water, and roll in paper towels, to see if it bleeds, and press with a warm iron. geesh...how much time would we save, if we could just buy our stuff, hop on and go....

I havent tried anything yet cause I didnt quilt it yet and the quilt marks will disappear if i try washing it. I am going to look at it tomorrow and see how much time and effort it will take to take the threads out use a clorox pen and see if I can white it out so to speak. It really upset me because it was for my only grandaughter for her birthday and I had spent so much time on it and you all know how it would feel. I know now it wont be done on time. I used brand new DMC from joanns for this project and have 5 quilts made the same way by my mom and wash them all the time and never had them run and she always used DMC. I could understand the fabric bleeding but the thread.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and i will definitely try some or all of them i'm sure.

Jane in Florida

That is so sad. My only suggestion would be the color catcher sheets that have been mentioned before. Maybe it was just a bad batch of embroidery floss.

I haven't used it before but others I know have, but how about a toothbrush and Oxyclean?

After looking again at the quilt if i take out the thread and try to wash the dye out all the little dots for the quilting will come out then I wont know where to quilt so I am going to quilt it as is and then try to remove it with those color catcher sheets. I am too new a quilter to try and remember where to quilt so I really need those dots. I also noticed that some of the dots disappeared so I am wondering if some of the stain is from that and if it is it may wash out. I will just have to suck it up and just finish it and she will some day laugh with me about it I hope.

Thanks for all your suggestions.

Jane in Florida

I had not known that some embroidery floss was not color fast.

Thanks for the tip about wetting it and ironing it - never thought that would be necessary