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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
Three years ago my niece was getting married, and I started a quilt
using fabrics in the colors they had selected for their wedding. By "started," I mean I bought the fabric! Well, life got in the way, and I just didn't get around to working on it until about a year ago. Our guild is having its biennial (is that every two years?) quilt show this week, and my goal was to finish the quilt, enter it in the show, and actually have it judged. I've never entered anything into a show before, so I was getting pretty excited. Finished the quilting, had some blue marks to get out, decided to toss it into a cold-water wash. The backing fabric was a bleeder, but I had washed it multiple times and felt comfortable that the dye was pretty much out of it. To be on the safe side, I tossed in a couple of Color Catchers and some Synthrapol (reminder to self: Buy More Synthrapol!). When the wash was done, I took a look and just about cried. The back hadn't bled, but two of the fabrics in the top had! I know I had prewashed them, but I guess I hadn't actually verified that they were not bleeders. I ran it through another wash that night, then laid it on the floor so I could take a look at it in the morning (the day the quilt had to be taken to the show). There was still some bleed. I did another cold-water wash and two warm-water washes, each time using Color Catchers and Synthrapol (which is why I need to buy more!). The areas where it had bled were better, but not what I wanted. I did one final wash in warm water using Oxyclean and YESSSSSSS! It worked! At that point, I didn't have time to let it air dry, so I threw it in the dryer on low (I was using wool batting). It came out a little crinkly, so I pressed it, tossed it back in the dryer to fluff it, and I actually came out with a presentable quilt. It's been delivered to the show, and all is well. I'm just glad it happened while I had it and not after I had given it to my niece and her husband. I planned to give her a box of Color Catchers, as I always was my quilts with them if they have dark colors in them, but I know she would have taken it out of the wash and tossed it immediately into the dryer. That probably would have set the bleed, and she would have felt as though she'd ruined the quilt. I don't know if she ever would have told me about it! Sorry this is so long, but it really feels good to get it all out!Thanks for listening/reading! -- Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/LouiseinIowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom |
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
Golly, Louise. There's 'spew' warnings but you really should have warned
us with an oxygen one. We should pass the portable oxygen mask, take some valium and maybe even go smoke some of that suspicious leafy green stuff before reading your post. WAaaaah. I was very grateful to make it to the happy ? ending. You really scared me. So glad you used your head and stayed patient until you got all the miseries taken care of. I'm astounded that you've never entered a quilt in a show. I am sure that the Noel quilt you did for us would win anytime any where. *Not* that Mr. Esther would be willing to release it to a bunch of strangers . . . or friends, for that matter. Polly "Louise in Iowa" nieland1390@mchsidotcom wrote in message news Three years ago my niece was getting married, and I started a quilt using fabrics in the colors they had selected for their wedding. By "started," I mean I bought the fabric! Well, life got in the way, and I just didn't get around to working on it until about a year ago. Our guild is having its biennial (is that every two years?) quilt show this week, and my goal was to finish the quilt, enter it in the show, and actually have it judged. I've never entered anything into a show before, so I was getting pretty excited. Finished the quilting, had some blue marks to get out, decided to toss it into a cold-water wash. The backing fabric was a bleeder, but I had washed it multiple times and felt comfortable that the dye was pretty much out of it. To be on the safe side, I tossed in a couple of Color Catchers and some Synthrapol (reminder to self: Buy More Synthrapol!). When the wash was done, I took a look and just about cried. The back hadn't bled, but two of the fabrics in the top had! I know I had prewashed them, but I guess I hadn't actually verified that they were not bleeders. I ran it through another wash that night, then laid it on the floor so I could take a look at it in the morning (the day the quilt had to be taken to the show). There was still some bleed. I did another cold-water wash and two warm-water washes, each time using Color Catchers and Synthrapol (which is why I need to buy more!). The areas where it had bled were better, but not what I wanted. I did one final wash in warm water using Oxyclean and YESSSSSSS! It worked! At that point, I didn't have time to let it air dry, so I threw it in the dryer on low (I was using wool batting). It came out a little crinkly, so I pressed it, tossed it back in the dryer to fluff it, and I actually came out with a presentable quilt. It's been delivered to the show, and all is well. I'm just glad it happened while I had it and not after I had given it to my niece and her husband. I planned to give her a box of Color Catchers, as I always was my quilts with them if they have dark colors in them, but I know she would have taken it out of the wash and tossed it immediately into the dryer. That probably would have set the bleed, and she would have felt as though she'd ruined the quilt. I don't know if she ever would have told me about it! Sorry this is so long, but it really feels good to get it all out!Thanks for listening/reading! -- Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/LouiseinIowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom |
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
By the time I got to the end, I was breathing a big sigh of relief with
you! Good job, you! Karen, Queen of Squishies On 2011-09-14 09:23:44 -0500, Louise in Iowa said: Three years ago my niece was getting married, and I started a quilt using fabrics in the colors they had selected for their wedding. By "started," I mean I bought the fabric! Well, life got in the way, and I just didn't get around to working on it until about a year ago. Our guild is having its biennial (is that every two years?) quilt show this week, and my goal was to finish the quilt, enter it in the show, and actually have it judged. I've never entered anything into a show before, so I was getting pretty excited. Finished the quilting, had some blue marks to get out, decided to toss it into a cold-water wash. The backing fabric was a bleeder, but I had washed it multiple times and felt comfortable that the dye was pretty much out of it. To be on the safe side, I tossed in a couple of Color Catchers and some Synthrapol (reminder to self: Buy More Synthrapol!). When the wash was done, I took a look and just about cried. The back hadn't bled, but two of the fabrics in the top had! I know I had prewashed them, but I guess I hadn't actually verified that they were not bleeders. I ran it through another wash that night, then laid it on the floor so I could take a look at it in the morning (the day the quilt had to be taken to the show). There was still some bleed. I did another cold-water wash and two warm-water washes, each time using Color Catchers and Synthrapol (which is why I need to buy more!). The areas where it had bled were better, but not what I wanted. I did one final wash in warm water using Oxyclean and YESSSSSSS! It worked! At that point, I didn't have time to let it air dry, so I threw it in the dryer on low (I was using wool batting). It came out a little crinkly, so I pressed it, tossed it back in the dryer to fluff it, and I actually came out with a presentable quilt. It's been delivered to the show, and all is well. I'm just glad it happened while I had it and not after I had given it to my niece and her husband. I planned to give her a box of Color Catchers, as I always was my quilts with them if they have dark colors in them, but I know she would have taken it out of the wash and tossed it immediately into the dryer. That probably would have set the bleed, and she would have felt as though she'd ruined the quilt. I don't know if she ever would have told me about it! Sorry this is so long, but it really feels good to get it all out!Thanks for listening/reading! |
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
LOL!! After a couple of cold-water washes, I was ready to try just about
anything, but I hadn't considered the leafy green stuff! This quilt had similar fabric to the off white you used in Noel - it wasn't a Fairy Frost, but it was on that order. It glistened before the bleed, when parts of it turned a dirty brown! I was so glad to see the shimmer come back after that last wash. Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/LouiseinIowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom On 9/14/2011 10:08 AM, Polly Esther wrote: Golly, Louise. There's 'spew' warnings but you really should have warned us with an oxygen one. We should pass the portable oxygen mask, take some valium and maybe even go smoke some of that suspicious leafy green stuff before reading your post. WAaaaah. I was very grateful to make it to the happy ? ending. You really scared me. So glad you used your head and stayed patient until you got all the miseries taken care of. I'm astounded that you've never entered a quilt in a show. I am sure that the Noel quilt you did for us would win anytime any where. *Not* that Mr. Esther would be willing to release it to a bunch of strangers . . . or friends, for that matter. Polly "Louise in Iowa" nieland1390@mchsidotcom wrote in message news Three years ago my niece was getting married, and I started a quilt using fabrics in the colors they had selected for their wedding. By "started," I mean I bought the fabric! Well, life got in the way, and I just didn't get around to working on it until about a year ago. Our guild is having its biennial (is that every two years?) quilt show this week, and my goal was to finish the quilt, enter it in the show, and actually have it judged. I've never entered anything into a show before, so I was getting pretty excited. Finished the quilting, had some blue marks to get out, decided to toss it into a cold-water wash. The backing fabric was a bleeder, but I had washed it multiple times and felt comfortable that the dye was pretty much out of it. To be on the safe side, I tossed in a couple of Color Catchers and some Synthrapol (reminder to self: Buy More Synthrapol!). When the wash was done, I took a look and just about cried. The back hadn't bled, but two of the fabrics in the top had! I know I had prewashed them, but I guess I hadn't actually verified that they were not bleeders. I ran it through another wash that night, then laid it on the floor so I could take a look at it in the morning (the day the quilt had to be taken to the show). There was still some bleed. I did another cold-water wash and two warm-water washes, each time using Color Catchers and Synthrapol (which is why I need to buy more!). The areas where it had bled were better, but not what I wanted. I did one final wash in warm water using Oxyclean and YESSSSSSS! It worked! At that point, I didn't have time to let it air dry, so I threw it in the dryer on low (I was using wool batting). It came out a little crinkly, so I pressed it, tossed it back in the dryer to fluff it, and I actually came out with a presentable quilt. It's been delivered to the show, and all is well. I'm just glad it happened while I had it and not after I had given it to my niece and her husband. I planned to give her a box of Color Catchers, as I always was my quilts with them if they have dark colors in them, but I know she would have taken it out of the wash and tossed it immediately into the dryer. That probably would have set the bleed, and she would have felt as though she'd ruined the quilt. I don't know if she ever would have told me about it! Sorry this is so long, but it really feels good to get it all out!Thanks for listening/reading! -- Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/LouiseinIowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom |
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
Thanks, Sandy. I know I'll enjoy the show a lot more now than I would
have it I hadn't been able to show the quilt. It's not that it's all that important; I just would have felt like I was letting somebody down (and would have hated looking at a big empty space in the display!). I'm a white glove worker both Friday and Saturday, and generally we rotate throughout the entire display during our shift, so I should be able to get a really good look at all the quilts. Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/LouiseinIowa nieland1390@mchsidotcom On 9/14/2011 1:17 PM, Sandy wrote: In , Louise in Iowanieland1390@mchsidotcom wrote: Three years ago my niece was getting married, and I started a quilt using fabrics in the colors they had selected for their wedding. By "started," I mean I bought the fabric! Well, life got in the way, and I just didn't get around to working on it until about a year ago. Our guild is having its biennial (is that every two years?) quilt show this week, and my goal was to finish the quilt, enter it in the show, and actually have it judged. I've never entered anything into a show before, so I was getting pretty excited. Finished the quilting, had some blue marks to get out, decided to toss it into a cold-water wash. The backing fabric was a bleeder, but I had washed it multiple times and felt comfortable that the dye was pretty much out of it. To be on the safe side, I tossed in a couple of Color Catchers and some Synthrapol (reminder to self: Buy More Synthrapol!). When the wash was done, I took a look and just about cried. The back hadn't bled, but two of the fabrics in the top had! I know I had prewashed them, but I guess I hadn't actually verified that they were not bleeders. I ran it through another wash that night, then laid it on the floor so I could take a look at it in the morning (the day the quilt had to be taken to the show). There was still some bleed. I did another cold-water wash and two warm-water washes, each time using Color Catchers and Synthrapol (which is why I need to buy more!). The areas where it had bled were better, but not what I wanted. I did one final wash in warm water using Oxyclean and YESSSSSSS! It worked! At that point, I didn't have time to let it air dry, so I threw it in the dryer on low (I was using wool batting). It came out a little crinkly, so I pressed it, tossed it back in the dryer to fluff it, and I actually came out with a presentable quilt. It's been delivered to the show, and all is well. I'm just glad it happened while I had it and not after I had given it to my niece and her husband. I planned to give her a box of Color Catchers, as I always was my quilts with them if they have dark colors in them, but I know she would have taken it out of the wash and tossed it immediately into the dryer. That probably would have set the bleed, and she would have felt as though she'd ruined the quilt. I don't know if she ever would have told me about it! Sorry this is so long, but it really feels good to get it all out!Thanks for listening/reading! Whew! What a relief, Louise! I'm *so* glad the color all came out -- and I'll be waiting to hear all about your show! |
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
That has to be the squeakiest squeaker I've heard in a long, long time -- maybe ever. What a relief! I'd hate to have to take Polly's advice and start making use of basil (that was the green leafy herb you were suggesting, right Polly?) before reading your posts, Louise.
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Breathing a quilt-related sign of relief
Noooo, Sunny. Not basil. I used to do the inventory of evidence for the
Narqs Squad. Smells more like oregano. Used to scare me to death driving home after a few hours of that chore; fully expected one of those drug-sniffing dogs to just have hysterics when I left the courthouse. Polly "Sunny" wrote in message news:11830995.3148.1316203814663.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@prfq4... That has to be the squeakiest squeaker I've heard in a long, long time -- maybe ever. What a relief! I'd hate to have to take Polly's advice and start making use of basil (that was the green leafy herb you were suggesting, right Polly?) before reading your posts, Louise. Sunny |
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