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bearisgray 08-08-2016 09:39 AM

What do you do with fabric that won't stop bleeding?
 
I put it in the trash.

I won't put it in the donation pile - because I think it is wrong to stick someone else with a problem.

crafty pat 08-08-2016 09:43 AM

I throw it away. I won't trust it to use in anything. Some time I use it for practice blocks that I won't be using for anything else.

Bree123 08-08-2016 09:49 AM

Have yet to have this problem, but I agree that donating problem fabric isn't very kind. It's like the people who donate dented cans to the Food Pantry. I got one of those once when I fell on hard times. I got botulism from it. Now that I'm the one who gets to bless others, I make sure that what I'm giving is truly a blessing, not food poisoning ... or in the case of problem fabric, not something that is going to ruin someone's clothes.

If I really loved, loved, loved the fabric, I would wash it once with Synthropol & then set the remaining dye with Retayne. Then, to be sure the dye was finally & truly set, I would wash it again with a Color Catcher. But it would have to be awfully special to go through that much effort.

TeresaA 08-08-2016 10:05 AM

Wash it with bleach a few times. Then keep it if you like the bleached out look. Or donate it.

Or give it to a textile drive, the ones where they take old abused clothes, shred them and turn them into insulation.

Tiggersmom 08-08-2016 10:18 AM

Toss it out or use it for an outside dog bed, then throw it away. I had this problem with a red prequilted piece.

Jane Quilter 08-08-2016 10:21 AM

throw it out

PaperPrincess 08-08-2016 11:42 AM

I've only had 1 piece. It was blue. I tossed it, but if it ever happens again, I'm going to try the bleach suggestion.

IrishgalfromNJ 08-08-2016 11:59 AM

I don't have that problem very often, but I remember throwing out a piece or two that would not stop bleeding. Life is too short to worry about crazy fabric.

ManiacQuilter2 08-08-2016 12:41 PM

I would use it for practicing FMQ.

Tartan 08-08-2016 02:03 PM

​Clothesline basket.


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