As you may recall, I was having trouble with one of the fabrics in the quilt. In one of the blocks, the purple fabric began to bleed into the white background. After a couple of failed attempts at trying to mitigate the bleeding, I decided to just get it quilted and see what happens in the wash. I also decided to stay with my plan to use the same purple fabric on the back. But, before basting, I went ahead and washed the backing to be safe.
After 8 (yes... that's right... 8!) washes, the Color Catcher was still picking up dye (though, as you can see in the picture above, by the last couple of trips through the washer, the Color Catcher was only very lightly colored). I used Synthrapol in the first 3 loads, then I switched to regular detergent. Apparently, this fabric is just cursed. And, having seen that, I came to the conclusion that the project either needed to be scrapped, or I just needed to go for it. So it is quilted, and now I'm working on the binding.
As soon as the binding is complete, my plan is to wash the quilt. We'll see what happens!
I hope the last wash goes alright! I love your blue nails, by the way!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
ReplyDeleteThats a cool picture of you working on the binding. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteGood luck on washing your quilt. If I remember correctly, it is a baby quilt.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're going for it. It'll be fine. Especially since you've painted your nails to match. :o)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness. That is a terrible piece of fabric. Put lots of color catcher in the wash.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant thinking to wash the backing again. I'm crossing my fingers that it all comes out okay...
ReplyDeletei've never used color catcher before ... it looks pretty darn cool!
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