My Greens are fading
#1
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: West Virginia
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I wonder if anyone else is having this problem. I began pulling fabric for a new quilt and I found several pieces of green fabric, from several sources, are fading around the edges. I keep them in a closed and I wash them as I use them, but it seems to be on 4 or 5 pieces out of the dozen or so that I have. Is there some other way to store them.
I also checked a couple of my quilts that have green in them and sure enough, one of them has some fading in the green.
I also checked a couple of my quilts that have green in them and sure enough, one of them has some fading in the green.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sleepy Hollow, NY
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my friend lost most of her reds and greens because she kept them in a clear plastic tub but it was still exposed to the sunlight that came into the room (she kept the blinds up all the time).
the red and green tubs were the only ones hit by direct light all the time.
she has since moved all fabric into the closets and no longer keeps anything on open shelves.
the red and green tubs were the only ones hit by direct light all the time.
she has since moved all fabric into the closets and no longer keeps anything on open shelves.
#3
I'm so sorry to hear that!!! My room gets light all day and my fabrics are stored in a closet and I keep the door closed at all times...the few clear tubs I have sitting out with fabric in them are on a shelf that has a dark curtain covering the front and sides...
#5
What a shame. Fabric is too expensive to have fade this way. I thought manufacturers would have cracked this problem by now. After all, greens used to fade in the 19th century, and they have had a bit of time to get it right since then.
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