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 Synthrapoland 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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