I had bought some fabric scraps -some appeared to have been prewashed, others not. I decided to rewash all of it since well who knows when or how it originally was washed. I was a bit worried about the reds , BUT they came through fine it was a piece of black that literally dissolved and left dye all over the other fabrics :shock: The fabric was washed in cold water - normal cycle - any suggestions on trying to save the rest of the fabrics ?

Learn from my mistake , I think the fabric was older but at least if I lose this it won't be a finished quilt :roll:

Might try rewashing with dye catcher sheets, especially if you didn't put in dryer.

Yuck.

I've learned - the hard way - to only put colors I don't care if they bleed together

Hope you can rescue the rest of them.

Maybe if you rewash everything right away?

Rewash with a color catcher. It should help.

Good luck. Agree w/ above advice.

Well rewashed and most of it came out- will do the rest for a third time after I wash my work clothes :cry: I never would have believed fabric could just disolve like this :thumbdown:

Dissolve as in poof, gone!, or dissolve as unrecognizable? I've never heard of such a thing happening. Bleeding, yes, but dissolving, no. Very odd. So sorry.

I had this happen to me a few months ago. I was so excited to get started, I almost skipped my normal pre-wash with this fabric. It was also black and I couldn't remember anything about it ( how old, if I had already washed it). Since it was black, and I was afraid of bleeding I went ahead and put it in my sink. When I went back to the sink 5-10 min. later, I picked up the fabric and it was in shreds, yes it was disolving right before my eyes!! I was VERY happy that I hadn't put this in a quilt, THEN had this happen.

I have never been a pre-washer of fabric. After reading this I may have to change my ways. I'm so glad that you discovered this before it was in your quilt.

I would much rather get an unpleasant surprise BEFORE it was in a quilt, than AFTER!

Not that I'm fond of unpleasant surprises at any time - - -