Ironing padded applique block???
01-28-2025, 04:07 AM
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Beautiful block.
One can buy a wool pressing mat that is about 1/2"inch thick- might work.
Did you use the vicki Welsh method to prepare your fabrics before cutting them? it would be heartbreak8ng to have any of those fabrics bleed or put out excess dye when/ if the item is ever washed.
I have had fabrics of every color from different manufacturers have dye issues. I also learned that a quick wash was not adequate to remove some excess dyes.
I am not an advocate of trying to "set" the dye of a commercially dyed fabric. The color is fast or it isn't.
I gently wash finished quilts in cool to warm water. I knowingly Subject fabric to hot water only once before cutting it.
The reason for this monolog - i took a hand applique class and bought moda fabrics in similar colors that you have in your block.. the yellow was the one that had the excess dye in it.
One can buy a wool pressing mat that is about 1/2"inch thick- might work.
Did you use the vicki Welsh method to prepare your fabrics before cutting them? it would be heartbreak8ng to have any of those fabrics bleed or put out excess dye when/ if the item is ever washed.
I have had fabrics of every color from different manufacturers have dye issues. I also learned that a quick wash was not adequate to remove some excess dyes.
I am not an advocate of trying to "set" the dye of a commercially dyed fabric. The color is fast or it isn't.
I gently wash finished quilts in cool to warm water. I knowingly Subject fabric to hot water only once before cutting it.
The reason for this monolog - i took a hand applique class and bought moda fabrics in similar colors that you have in your block.. the yellow was the one that had the excess dye in it.
Last edited by bearisgray; 01-28-2025 at 04:22 AM.
