Help, I'm bleeding....
02-08-2014, 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
I usually make thingsf for people who think life is good if things get washed on " regular cycle"
For me, the only proper thing go do with a bleeder is go put it in the trash. I don ' t want someone else ' s project to get ruined by a piece of bad fabric, so I will not donate to anyone.
For me, the only proper thing go do with a bleeder is go put it in the trash. I don ' t want someone else ' s project to get ruined by a piece of bad fabric, so I will not donate to anyone.
02-08-2014, 04:54 AM
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The only advice I can offer is when you wash the quilt, use shout's color catch sheets in the washing machine. I would use 4 the first two times and then whatever you think may be necessary with each additional washing. Hope it all works out for you.
02-09-2014, 05:50 AM
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Back to the argument of prewashing.....it's old school....but I still do it. Fabrics are much better than they used to me but if you are making something you want used and washed and loved on, I would always prewash my fabrics. Some quilt shop owners will tell you you don't have to but I think a lot of the quilts they make are always hung in stores as models and not really used and washed and loved on like I want my quilts to be. Even if I do prewash, I still put color catchers with the quilt when I wash it! It only takes one fabric fading to ruin something especially with the modern movement of having lots of white and negative space!
02-09-2014, 06:53 AM
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What is the brand and name of the fabric? If it quilt shop quality and a brand name, call them. Usually the company will replace the fabric. Now on to the bleeding. Take a large piece of the bleeding fabric and a piece of white fabric and put it in the wash with several color catchers. See how many washings it takes to come up with clear catchers and see if it will bleed onto the white cotton fabric. This will give you a basis for controlling the bleed and putting your work at risk with a continually bleeding fabric. If it continues to bleed, then replace the red in your quilt. Red is one of the worst...maybe indigo blue. I had a Moda deep burgundy marble that bled no matter how long I washed it. The quilt shop said that the dye was never set. Moda replaced it.....boy did I wash the new fabric! Had no problem with it.
I don't always wash my fabrics but I do test them all for bleeding prior to cutting.
I don't always wash my fabrics but I do test them all for bleeding prior to cutting.
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