PaperPrincess

I also wonder if it is the flowers. the stain pattern is pretty suspicious. I know you have an extra block, do you have any scraps? I would take a scrap of the red fabric and put it in a glass of hot water and see what happens. Whatever you do, don't dry it in the dryer until the stain is removed. The heat tends to set stains and will make it much more difficult to remove/

SimpsonFrances

One question: Did you prewash your fabric? If you did, then probably the stain is from the flowers. If you didn't, it looks like the red bled because it got wet, maybe. Did other parts of the quilt with red in it get wet? Not sure I understood correctly in your message. I would take a toothbrush and suds in some oxy-clean on the red stains, then wash the quilt with some oxyclean with color catchers. Don't dry the quilt until you've gotten the stains out. I'm not very familiar with the other chemical wash products. Others are better equipped with that advice than I am. I so hope you can get the red out. If not, love the quilt anyway. It certainly won't hurt its utilitarianism!!

twinkie

I think it is definitely the flowers that bled on the quilt. I would think if it was the red bleeding, it would have done it all around the quilt not that one spot. I know on clothing, I have used a q-tip with a bleach solution to get a stain out as a last resort. Good luck.

EmbQuilt

I would wash with oxyclean, color catchers and tide. I would probably also spray shout or oxiclean spray first and leave it on for a couple of hours then wash

Scissor Queen

Please stop thinking of it as ruined. It's still a perfectly lovely quilt. It just has an area that's a little differently colored. I'd wash it with oxyclean and if that doesn't take it out I'd just fold it so the stain doesn't show. I'd probably even still use it on a bed.

ManiacQuilter2

What a lovely quilt. I would certainly determine if it was the silk flowers. I bet you they are the guilty party for this horrendous stain. Your heart must be absolutely broken. I would first try washing your quilt with a color catcher and then start to try the different suggestion list above. I remember reading that Dawn resolve a few problems that were posted in a thread on this site.

mawluv

Blue Dawn { the cheaper kind} has to be the -blue-. There are post on here telling how to do it. Works every time for me! Beautiful quilt!!!

sewnsewsue

I read an article using the blue Dawn too. I actually tried it. Use the dawn, wait, rinse and repeat. I left it a few hours at a time. DO NOT USE OXICLEAN! I used it for the exact same reason- red dye- and the background was significantly lighter!

Good luck, your quilt is very pretty!

paoberle

Whatever you do, as long as you are trying to get the color out DO NOT PUT THE QUILT IN THE DRYER! The dryer will set the color.

GingerK

One more thing--if you decide to wash this quilt, it would be worth going to a laundromat and using an oversized machine. That way, you get more water thru the quilt and the possible culprit (the red fabric) will not be as bunched up and lying against the other fabrics during the process.