doodlebug Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 help...i have a pre-printed wholecloth top that a customer bought me (my first) and now that it's finished i'm trying to remove the lines and YIPES! the lines are not coming completely out. where i followed the lines you can't see them, but where i didn't you can still see a faint line. this is disappointing because i was hoping to enter it in a show this sept. does any one have any ideas. i have washed this quilt for almost 24 hrs straight in cold water using every soap i have and could think of. i have attached a pic of it before i washed it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted June 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 trying the picture thing again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 How old is the top? I took a class from Nancy Goldsworthy (sp?) a while back and she mentioned that inks have changed over the years and now detergents don't always get all the ink out. She has a method using buttermilk and lemon juice (yuk) that worked for her. I will try to dig out my notes and post it. Best of luck, Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Buttermilk and lemon juice?? I know we are not drinking it, but that almost makes me gag!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 Hmmm...interesting. Kinda related: Sometimes when I need buttermilk for a cooking recipe and I don't have any, I "make my own" buttermilk by adding a little lemon juice to regular milk and it is a good substitute for buttermilk. But, I've not heard of using buttermilk and lemon to get a stain out of fabric before, though. Hmmm... You learn something new every day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Mary Beth, It gets worse, you actually wet the quilt all over with this gunk ... I really need to find those notes, they aren't in the first 6 places I looked. Let's try "safe place" number 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Here's one that I copied off of another chat, she also mentioned using Dip It, (the coffee pot cleaner), but didn't know how to use it. One cup liquid Cascade and one-fourth cup Clorox 2 mixed with one gallon of warm water. You can soak the fabric for several hours before thoroughly rinsing it. Repeat if necessary. Double or triple the recipe depending on how much fabric you're cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieBrewer Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 I got this recipe from Leslie, the Crafty Unicorn. 1 gal buttermilk, 12 FRESH squeezed lemons, not bottled, soak 1-1/2 hrs. then wash. Good luck. I gave this recipe to a customer but haven't tried it myself. I quilted an old (50 years) quilt with the blue dots for quilting marks. Hope it worked for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted June 24, 2007 Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 Thanks Marie, I can stop looking for it now. Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doodlebug Posted June 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2007 thanks for all your suggestions...i finally got them out after washing the quilt for about 16 hrs straight...dawn dish detergent seemed to help. if you didn't know where the lines were to begin with you wouldn't notice... im going to try to post a pic, i figured out what i was doing wrong... it's my first and i'm pleased with it. i left myself tons of room for improvment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crafty Unicorn Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 doodlebug, WOW it looks great. I love the "vintage look" that washing has given the quilt. Leslie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmquilt Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 Wow, you should be pleased with it. I think it is beautiful. OHHHH I want more pictures, please. Michele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted June 25, 2007 Report Share Posted June 25, 2007 You did a beautiful job on this wholecloth! With all the washing, the quilt crinkled up real nice so it looks old (vintage), too! Great job. Now you can, as planned, put it in the September quilt show with pride. Yaaaay!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Oooh, this is soooo pretty! It looks so soft and snuggly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 26, 2007 Report Share Posted June 26, 2007 Wow...you should be pleased....Its beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltaholi_518 Posted June 27, 2007 Report Share Posted June 27, 2007 I agree, anything that's been printed for a very long time will have the markings somewhat set. You don't know if that quilt had been in a hot attic for years..... I guess the moral of the story is, to let the client get those lines out, as they were there when she brought it to you. I trust my own marking techniques but can't speak for those already there..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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