Last week I posted about making final decisions about how to finish the quilt that I was making for Claire.
I decided to go with the quilted flowers and had fun quickly adding them to the quilt….
As I was taking these photos, I noticed a fabric bleed (top right of the right-hand block above).
I looked more closely at other blocks and found several more areas where the colors had bled…
All of them seemed to be associated with one of the hand-dyed black fabrics.
I could only think……. “HERE WE GO AGAIN”!!
Fortunately (or unfortunately), this has happened to me SO many times that I no longer panic, but head for the bathtub!!
I grabbed my bottle of “Dawn Clear“……
….squirted a bunch into a bathtub of warm water, and added the quilt….
I let it soak for about 3 hours.
When I checked on it, I was appaled by how dark the water was, so I IMMEDIATELY pulled it out and took it to the washing machine. This time I added a bit of Synthrapol and several “Color Catchers“.
Imagine my relief when the color catchers came out CLEAN!!!
WHEW……
So, the MORAL of this story…..
Don’t Panic…..maybe you just need a quiet soak in a tub of warm, soapy water!!
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I did this process recently as well. It warned not to be alarmed when you see the water become colored. Apparently the dye is in the droplets of Dawn and not in the quilt. Hard to believe but after the 12 hour soak, I washed the piece in the washing machine and the color bled was gone. Amazing, isn’t it.