Originally Posted by
Jan in VA
In my former shop we once got a maroon fabric that bleed hugely....thankfully we seemed to catch it before a customer brought it to our attention. I pulled the bolt from the floor, went home with a couple of yards of it and washed it twice. It was still bleeding like a severed artery.
Then I washed it with some nice prewashed white fabric, on purpose, which came out the most adorable baby pink color! We decided to use the rest of the bolt to do that, dye a bunch of fabric for all the staff and a few 'special' customers who we knew wouldn't come back to bite us. It was some of the prettiest fabric I've ever had, especially knowing that it came from the evil maroon that had cheated us all!
Jan in VA
Jan ~ Now that is truly making lemonade out of a lemon!
I have a quilt at the long arm quilter all fabric was pre-washed however...when spraying with Best Press prior to ironing that pesky but beautiful (Moda) red fabric with white stars bled onto the white fabric with blue stars.... I didn't iron I fingered pressed as best I could and showed the LA she said it would quilt up fine. Now I'm hoping that Retayne ~ color catchers will perform a miracle.
It's a patriotic quilt to honor our son's military service in Desert Shield/Storm...and 24 years in the Colorado Air National Guard..... It's not a horrible bleed, more like waves of shadows ....but still disappointing, should it not come out it will be so aggravating to me, but I will still give it to him and call that character and then sulk the rest of my life! (smiling weakly here)
So the comments that it's the quality of the fabric she purchased, doesn't always hold true even well respected fabric 'names' can disappoint.
Last edited by onaemtnest; 05-29-2013 at 05:53 AM.