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Here's my latest experience. I just bought 4 1/2 yards of red flannel for backing for two quilts. I always wash flannel before using it because flannel shrinks so much, and since it was red, I threw in 4 color catchers. This is what they looked like after the first wash with cold water.
I know there are only 3 in the picture. I don't know what happened to number 4. Down the drain, maybe, or wrapped up in the flannel.
In any event, I knew I had to wash the flannel again. This time I tried warm water. The color catchers still came out pink. I washed it a total of 8 times, twice in hot water, until I got color catchers that could pass as light pink.
That's acceptable to me. It is in the dryer now.
3 comments:
I am a faithful user of Color Catchers! Hope to see this flannel on the backs of quilts very soon.
Cookie
Mandeville Louisiana
Wow, what a great visual! Red is notorious, but I think flannel is also worse than regular cotton fabric about bleeding. Or maybe the fuzziness of it just holds more dye. Thanks for the reminder.
I use color catchers too. Do you use the "used" sheets in any way? I'm thinking I should be saving them until I find time to ask Pintrest for ideas, lol.
xx, Carol
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