I washed my red and white christmas quilt

[Margo C.]

Color catchers are great!! The basket quilt I made for my daughter has a backing of the bright red with bright white apples. I put 3 color catchers in with the backing, they came out very pink but the apples were still bright white.

[Rita C.]

Here, here, for colour catchers and synthrapol. The quilters best friend when you have forgotten to prewash your fabrics. ops:

[Rita C.]

Warning! Prewashing does not necessarily ensure that the fabrics will not bleed. I recently made some placemats using red Robert Kaufman's "Quilter's Linen" and white Kona Cotton. I love the texture of the Quilter's Linen, but it continues to bleed with every wash. Thank goodness for color Catchers.

Also, I have a vintage blue cotton foulard fabric that continues to bleed with every wash.

[Rita C.]

I saw someone post somewhere that she has some red fabric and has washed it 8 times and it's still bleeding. I believe that Retayne is used for that to set the dye but I've never used it. I don't believe it should be used on a finished quilt because it will set any bleeding. Synthropol works with a finished quilt because it captures dye in the water so that it doesn't settle back on the fabric.