I'm new to this board - needing advice!
06-24-2011, 10:26 PM
#42
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Location: Northern New Hampshire
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Hi and Welcome from AZ. I would wash it with a couple of color catchers. You can find them in the laundry detergent isles in most grocery stores. Go ahead and quilt it, throw it in the wash and all will be fine. Can't wait to see your beautiful quilt. :-D :-D :-D
06-30-2011, 05:07 AM
#45
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bloomingdale, GA
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Originally Posted by hox3080
I have been quilting for a relatively long time, but just made the most foolish of errors. I haven't ever really worked with reds, or at least reds with light colors, and just made a quilt that I absoutely love, all dark reds and off whites. I washed all the fabric first, then cut, stitched and competely forgot that the reds would most likely continue to bleed when I washed it again. Right now, it's done, as a top, and I am scared to death to quilt it, because I would be even more heartbroken if I did even more work and lost it to bleeding. I have read about Retayne, but everything said that it needs to be done when first washing the fabric...too late for that:-( Any suggestions?
06-30-2011, 10:57 AM
#46
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Essex UK
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Welcome from Essex UK.
I have just given my Sister a queen sized jewel box quilt. The background was yellow and there are lots of oranges, reds and browns in it. I also gave her a box of colour catchers - Shout . I spoke to her the other day and she had washed it with 5 or 6 colour catchers and it had come out of the machine , and then the dryer, with no transference of any of the colours. Must admit I was worried about it before washing but she said that the colour catchers were only slightly coloured themselves. None of the fabrics had been washed before joining, and they had all been heavily starched. As it was not actually dirty, she had washed it on a 30 degree wash.
Hope that this helps.
Sue
I have just given my Sister a queen sized jewel box quilt. The background was yellow and there are lots of oranges, reds and browns in it. I also gave her a box of colour catchers - Shout . I spoke to her the other day and she had washed it with 5 or 6 colour catchers and it had come out of the machine , and then the dryer, with no transference of any of the colours. Must admit I was worried about it before washing but she said that the colour catchers were only slightly coloured themselves. None of the fabrics had been washed before joining, and they had all been heavily starched. As it was not actually dirty, she had washed it on a 30 degree wash.
Hope that this helps.
Sue
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