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Posted by Janet on January 25, 2007, 3:14 am
Sherry,
Bleach will shorten the life span of your cotton fabric. I would
choose a binding in the same tone as the backing to pull the color to
the front of the quilt. Or even add a small amount of it in a border
to pull it together. It will just add interest to a traditional
scrappy sampler quilt. I would not bleach the fabric. You don't know
what kind of dye or mordant that was used, that will react over time
with the bleach. Soap and bleach will leave a small residue in the
fibers even after several rinsings. It may look fine at first then in a
few years begin to show fiber weekness and color change that you don't
want. All that work and expense, I would not risk it. If you can't
live with the backing then save it for another quilt.
Janet in SW Florida
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> I just finished another Egg Money Quilt. The background fabric was an
> off-white tone-on-tone Moda fabric, the one with little birds in the
> design.
> I went to buy the wide backing fabric and found the same thing in the
> 108" ... except when I got it home, it is *noticeably* darker
> beige/cream than the background fabric.
> I wonder what would happen if I just washed it with 1/2 cup of bleach.
> If you're thinking "you'll ruin it"....please tell me. I can take it.
> :-)
> OTOH, probably no one will notice except me that it's so much darker
> than the front background. What to do, what to do...
>
> Sherry
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> off-white tone-on-tone Moda fabric, the one with little birds in the
> design.
>
> I went to buy the wide backing fabric and found the same thing in the
> 108" ... except when I got it home, it is *noticeably* darker
> beige/cream than the background fabric.
>
> I wonder what would happen if I just washed it with 1/2 cup of bleach.
> If you're thinking "you'll ruin it"....please tell me. I can take it.
> :-)
>
> OTOH, probably no one will notice except me that it's so much darker
> than the front background. What to do, what to do...
>
> Sherry
>