Of course there is a Secret Santa going on. And of course I decided to participate. It took a while for me to decide on what I would like to make, but I had a revelation! This is the beginning:
Its foundation pieceing. Lots of gorgeous colors. It was so fun from beginning to end.
See! This is going to be great!
I machine quilted it to perfection. (for me)
I even did some special and specific embroidering.
And then...
It goes in the wash. The best part, right?
You get to experiance the quilting in a completely different way.
It comes out...you are thrilled...a little rush of 'yippie' hits you!
And you end up with this:
Purples Suck!
My heart sank. I wanted to cry.
I am now working feverishly on getting this fixed!
I'm open to any advice, method or pep talks!
So, for now I will be in Gloom, Despair and Agony!
Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict...Whoop Whoop!
AND
Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it up Friday!
Barbara Brackman talks about a similar problem with reds:
ReplyDeletehttp://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2013/11/running-reds.html
Thank you so much Claire! I'm on phase 2 of the process and this link helps a lot! I'm going to make it work!!
DeleteSad! But it really is a cool quilt!
ReplyDeleteIt was sad, but I prevailed! Thank you!
DeleteSynthropol. A bottle costs about $5 and you can usually buy it at your LQS. I keep one by my washing machine just for this occasion. If you see bleeding out of the was, toss it right back in with this product and i have always had good luck.
ReplyDeleteYour project is beautiful, hopefully you can get it fixed.
Thank you Cynthia!
DeleteI do have Synthropol and believe me...It will be used if this happens again.
That is such a sweet quilt! I'm sure you will be able to fix that, if you haven't already. I would have probably tried Oxiclean, but someone else probably knows a better way.
ReplyDeleteAll fixed! Whew!
DeleteSounds like you fixed it up!!! I love the quilting on the spool of thread and all those yummy colors!
ReplyDeleteAll the colors are one of my favorite parts as well!
DeleteI hope you were able to get the runs out; I share your heartbreak. Such a beautiful design!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I won the 'bleeding' war!
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ReplyDeleteAnna and Sarah