Originally Posted by ShirlR

I bought a lovely piece of crimson solid fabric to use as the constant in piecing Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Crazy quilt pattern. It would go in all the centers of the blocks and piecing in the borders of the quilt. So I threw it in the washing machine by itself with two Carbona color catchers. Wow! When the wash was through, the color catchers were a deep magenta! That really scared me, so I decided to wash it again and used 2 more new color catchers, the result was still a deep pink. By now, I am in the "experimental mode" and really am thinking this 2-yd. piece is going to be trashed, so I tossed it back in the washer with 2 new color catchers and I threw in a small white towel. Amazingly enough, the towel itself came out white, but the color catchers this time were a light pink. What would you do? This will be my first paper piecing project and if I succeed, ha ha, I don't want it ruined by a piece of questionable fabric. Thanks!