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KARENBOUTQUILTIN 06-22-2011 10:48 AM

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? ,

KimmieH 06-22-2011 10:49 AM

definetely use a color catcher...but mostly wanted tos ay your avatar quilt is beautiful !

KARENBOUTQUILTIN 06-22-2011 10:55 AM

Thank you Kimmie. My wonderful friend made the wall quilt for me as a Christmas present. I love it, too.

laughingquilter 06-22-2011 11:03 AM

use a color catcher....cold water - maybe add vinegar to the rinse water to set the color for future washes

quilt addict 06-22-2011 11:06 AM

Ditto on the color catcher in the wash.

Also, DITTO on the beautiful wall hanging.

dltaylor 06-22-2011 11:22 AM

I would use a color catcher just to be sure!!

lynnsim 06-22-2011 11:24 AM

I would definetly use a color catcher. Red & blue are both bad at bleeding.

kwhite 06-22-2011 11:25 AM

I would use several color catchers/

Jim's Gem 06-22-2011 11:52 AM


Originally Posted by kwhite
I would use several color catchers/

I use a couple of them if I have a concern

blueangel 06-22-2011 01:34 PM

Definetly use a color catcher.


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