*UPDATE* Sick at Heart... and need some advice
02-26-2011, 12:41 AM
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Carol from NC
Nice site--I get may "fuzzy" fix by reading this site.
Carol from NC
02-26-2011, 11:09 AM
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re: soaking:
I tried to avoid further problems so I soaked only the row where each affected square was. I have a small plastic tub I use for soaking projects like free standing lace etc in. It worked great, I used a clothespin to hold the remainder of the runner out of the water.
It actually didn't look like it was going to work until I added a few drops of laundry detergent and swished it around.
Once it finally absorbed all of the dye color and looked normal again, I dumped out the water and color catcher sheets. Then I said a few 'Hail Mary's' and lots of prayers and put it in the washer with new color catcher sheets and put it on rinse and spin.
Voila` like nothing ever happened it all came out perfectly!
What a life saver!! I am now a believer in those color catcher sheets, BIG TIME!!
Thank you again everyone! You are FABULOUS!! :-D
I tried to avoid further problems so I soaked only the row where each affected square was. I have a small plastic tub I use for soaking projects like free standing lace etc in. It worked great, I used a clothespin to hold the remainder of the runner out of the water.
It actually didn't look like it was going to work until I added a few drops of laundry detergent and swished it around.
Once it finally absorbed all of the dye color and looked normal again, I dumped out the water and color catcher sheets. Then I said a few 'Hail Mary's' and lots of prayers and put it in the washer with new color catcher sheets and put it on rinse and spin.
Voila` like nothing ever happened it all came out perfectly!
What a life saver!! I am now a believer in those color catcher sheets, BIG TIME!!
Thank you again everyone! You are FABULOUS!! :-D
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