tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409904.post7210763663985549864..comments2023-11-09T16:10:00.239-05:00Comments on Sunshower Quilts: To Pre-Wash or Not to Pre-WashKatrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09087033541111358930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409904.post-46424428742338746412011-01-22T09:51:39.102-05:002011-01-22T09:51:39.102-05:00Hi Katrina...
Thank you so much for posting on my...Hi Katrina...<br /><br />Thank you so much for posting on my website...I'm with 'ya on this one. <br /><br />Prewash to shrink and clean and pretest to check for bleeding.<br /><br />I've had the same problem as you, spilled water on a quilt and had the fabric bleed from that on a cute little penguin quilt...blue onto white.<br /><br />So now, I always, at a minimum, prestest my fabric <b>before it goes into a quilt</b>.<br /><br />My time's just to valuable to actually finish a quilt and then have the fabric bleed afterwards and wreck it!<br /><br />JulieJulie Bairdhttp://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/penguin-quilt.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409904.post-30519173419839747412010-12-05T20:15:46.108-05:002010-12-05T20:15:46.108-05:00I prewash but that's mostly because I am very ...I prewash but that's mostly because I am very sensitive to the formaldehyde that is in the finish of the fabric. So I wash everything.Vicki Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929340703066037054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21409904.post-53272555689497493342010-12-05T19:12:49.309-05:002010-12-05T19:12:49.309-05:00I don't pre-wash. I hate the way fabrics beha...I don't pre-wash. I hate the way fabrics behave when I don't. The only exception is when *I* hand dye the fabrics - and that is only because it is part of the process.<br /><br />If there is any question that something might run, I will throw in 3 or 4 color catchers when I wash it.<br /><br />I also only generally buy Moda Fabrics and I have not had them *knock wood* bleed. Not saying that they don't ever bleed; but I have been fortunate to not have them bleed (at least without the color catchers)Kim Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16412917146634111911noreply@blogger.com