Batik fabrics pieced with regular quilting cotton fabrics ?
10-12-2015, 11:25 AM
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I made a quilt with batiks and didn't prewash....frst wash after construction my quilt had noticeable shrinkage resulting in quite a crinkly look....didn't bother me too much but something to be aware of.
10-12-2015, 12:48 PM
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I would wash everything in synthraphol (?) first. Batiks have been washed during the dyeing process and the cotton prints will shrink differently. And since you are using FQs they won't be difficult to wash and dry.
10-12-2015, 02:49 PM
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I have mixed them in several quilts, but I did preWash everything. You are working with precuts, and prewashing those is generally not a good idea---or just do it gently by soaking then laying flat or hang to dry. This way the regular cottons would already be preshrunk and should play well with your batiks.
10-13-2015, 02:20 AM
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Batiks ( at times) are a tighter weave then some other quilting fabrics, so tend to seldom shrink. If they are deeply saturated colors they may however bleed. I mix fabrics all the time- including washed and not washed fabrics. I do however check/ test hand dyes and batiks to make sure they won't bleed- if they do I wash them until they do not.
10-13-2015, 06:30 AM
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To check if a fabric is color fast you need to soak it. If it is a precut you can lay it on a paper towel to dry or hang it. If color drips or ends up on paper towel it isn't color fast. For a larger piece of fabric, soak it in water. Take a small amount of water in a clear container and look at it. If there is only a small amount of color, color catchers will take care of it. Occasionally a fabric bleeds heavily. Then you can soak it in Retayne for 20 min. and then rinse or wash out.
The difference between Retayne and Synthrapol is a quote from the New Pieces Quilt Store and Gallery site
Retayne FIXES dye to fabric and should be used in cases where you are concerned that a fabric dye may bleed. Use "Retayne as directed, as a pre-wash or before putting suspect fabrics into a quilt.
Synthrapol is a special detergent that suspends dye particles so that they do not reattach to fabric. Dyers use Synthrapol as a pre-wash to REMOVE sizing, oils, fingerprints and other impurities that would interfere with an even dying of fabric — and then they wash the dyed fabric with Synthrapol to remove any remaining unattached dye particles."
The difference between Retayne and Synthrapol is a quote from the New Pieces Quilt Store and Gallery site
Retayne FIXES dye to fabric and should be used in cases where you are concerned that a fabric dye may bleed. Use "Retayne as directed, as a pre-wash or before putting suspect fabrics into a quilt.
Synthrapol is a special detergent that suspends dye particles so that they do not reattach to fabric. Dyers use Synthrapol as a pre-wash to REMOVE sizing, oils, fingerprints and other impurities that would interfere with an even dying of fabric — and then they wash the dyed fabric with Synthrapol to remove any remaining unattached dye particles."
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