Saturday, September 17, 2016

I Like Rose, But ...

Tragedy Averted

Last week, during my severe ADD episode, my attention was diverted to some 45-degree diamonds that I thought would work nicely in a minimalist setting.


I know, the photo is not the greatest, but I felt like the jewel tones could benefit from a dash of brighter color. So I looked in my solids drawer and came across some hand-dyed fat 8ths that I think I bought for my Hunter Star quilt (I'll have to go to the laptop to get a photo of that quilt).

While steam pressing the fat 8ths I noticed this on my NEW ironing board cover.


Hmm, did I spill some wine? Or did one of the fabrics bleed?  Time to do some scientific research!


Uh, yes, the fabric bled!  What bugs me is that I had washed all of these bits once.

Good thing I discovered this before putting those fabrics in the quilt. Tragedy averted, so far! But now I have to go look at Hunters Star and see if I actually used any it that one because it hasn't been washed.

Cross your fingers !!!

Linking up with Angela for Scrap Happy Saturday.

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11 comments:

  1. LA PaylorSeptember 17, 2016 at 7:12 PM

    whew! I had a yellow batik run and run once. Many in red family are unstable too. It worked for you this time! LeeAnna

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  2. The Joyful QuilterSeptember 17, 2016 at 8:27 PM

    Cross you fingers and add Color Catchers to the wash!!!

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  3. Nell's QuiltsSeptember 18, 2016 at 4:45 PM

    Colour catchers work wonders with unstable colour fabrics. Glad you caught it before you got too far.

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  4. PaulaB quiltsSeptember 18, 2016 at 7:54 PM

    Glad it worked out for you. I bought a dark plum batik dress. It's had two washes with color catchers and needs at least one more. No harm done, no stains on me!

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  5. LIttle Penguin QuiltsSeptember 18, 2016 at 9:54 PM

    I had some dark red run in my Crosscut quilt, and I even used Color Catchers! Hope you get your fabric figured out!

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  6. Pamela ArbourSeptember 20, 2016 at 5:54 AM

    That is kinda scary to know you had washed the fabric and it still bled. What a horror that could have been if it had made it into a quilt.

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  7. gayleSeptember 20, 2016 at 10:52 AM

    Holding my breath for you!

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  8. KajaSeptember 22, 2016 at 1:22 AM

    I hate it when that happens! I really hope you don't find some in Hunter's Star.

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  9. Diana @ Red Delicious LifeSeptember 22, 2016 at 7:29 AM

    Oh wow, it's lucky you caught this early. That could have been heartbreaking. And the fact that you'd washed it once is surprising.

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  10. scraphappySeptember 24, 2016 at 7:29 AM

    Oh dear, that could have ended very badly. Glad you found the problem before using it in your new quilt.

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  11. Susan September 25, 2016 at 9:27 PM

    Color catchers. Synthropol. Either one will help and you can still use the fabric, or wash blocks which have already been pieced.

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