This little quilt sits on our kitchen table under a lazy susan. A long time ago I noticed that some of the colors had bled. Not sure how it got wet but I was heart broken. I never prewash my fabrics and when I wash a quilt for the first time, I use Retayne to stop any fabric color bleed. I've never had any trouble at all, even with a quilt that was red and white. The whites were perfect.
When researching, I found this blog post on the topic and figured I didn't have anything to lose. So I pulled out a plastic tub and my Dawn and got to work.
I filled my tub with hot water and added about 1/3 of Dawn. It turned the water blue and I was a little worried about that because I have light fabrics in my mini-quilt. Then again, the quilt was already ruined so why not?
In went the quilt. I got a bunch of fabric bleed immediately so I kept soaking it for about 30 minutes and replacing the Dawn/water mixture until it seemed to be done bleeding. Then I left it to soakfor the day.
I was shocked that it worked! All of the bleed that was there for more than a year GONE! I was so happy because even though this is a mini-quilt, there is a ton of time put into it and I really liked it! FYI: This is a Jo Morton quilt pattern. Dawn saved the day!
Whatever is going on in your world I hope you're finding some "save the day" moments!
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