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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Front Load Washers & Homespuns or Hand Dyes - NOT GOOD!

(Gorgeous new fabric line of hand dyes in aqua, teal and Mediterranean blue. Also comes in magenta, red and purple. Couldn't resist making Kindle covers out of these.)

I had a nightmare for a time surrounding my new front load washer. I have never had a problem with fabrics bleeding as I am meticulous about washing fabrics before I work with them - particularly homespuns.

However I learned a valuable lesson this past week that I'd like to pass along.

While all the fabrics I was working with were pre-washed, I had a blue nightmare when I washed the tops for the two baby quilts I have been working on. Because front loaders are particularly "water" efficient - they use very little water. And although all fabrics had been prewashed - the blue dye in the homespuns still bled out (as expected) - HOWEVER.... due to the lack of water volume in my front loader, decided to redeposit into the white fabric centering the nine patch blocks I used, as well as the white border. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?????

Peace Sign Market Tote

I have made these same quilts at least 3 or 4 times with absolutely no problem (using my old top load tub washer). I was shocked and horrified. All of those hours upon hours of piecing and quilting. Sheesh. NOT a good week. But with lessons learned and a fresh outlook unearthed - it's time to forge on. At first I had sworn never to make another homespun quilt again - but I just can't do that as the liquidity of those fabrics make for the most delicious quilts. One bad (scratch that.... HORRIBLE) experience can not destroy the love I have for homespuns. We just have to re-evaluate our relationship - and reassert that I am the BOSS and I will not be defeated. End of story.

NOTE TO SELF: Hand wash quilts made with homespuns in a tub FULL of cold water (at least twice) prior to washing in the machine - in SYNTHRAPOL.

UPDATE: Thank you to all of those who commented with suggestions and sympathy! Since posting this piece, I have ordered THREE containers of Synthrapol!

I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realisation that they create their own reality". The Eagle said, "Give it to me, i will take it to the moon".The creator said, "No, one day they will go there and find it".The salmon said, "I will bury it at the bottom of the ocean".The creator said, " No they will go there too".The buffalo said, "I will bury it on the great plains".The creator said, " No, they will cut the skin of the Earth and find it even there".Grandmother mole, who lives in the breast of Mother earth, and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual eyes said, "Put it inside of them".And the creator said, "It is done!"

Native American (Sioux) Proverb

Everything the Power of World Does - is done in a Circle....

The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were. The life of a man is a circle from childhood to childhood. And so it is in everything where power moves.

Black Elk 1863-1950

Thursday, March 31, 2011

Front Load Washers & Homespuns or Hand Dyes - NOT GOOD!

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