Stitching for Charity 2012

[Eliste]

Now I'm curious to know how many colours you used in each square!

96- as many as there are stitches in a row!

[kuja.girl]

Mine were very different! Ecco had 22 and Ivy had 245. :swoon:

...Gamerwolf may get the BMH award this year but BMH gets the "crazy number of colors" award.

I made sure none of my patterns broke 50...

[blackmageheart]

BMH gets the "crazy number of colors" award.

I think I got it last year, too.

[katdun]

I finished my last square today! I washed all three squares in cold water and put them on a towel to air-dry. When I went to check on them, I found this....

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One color of my DMC thread bled! I've never had that happen before. How can I fix that without ruining my stitching? Or *fingers crossed* will it not be too noticable in the finished quilt? I had hoped to put them in the mail tomorrow. Help please!

[Ally]

I have never had that happen before! I have no idea how you would fix that! Are you sure it was DMC?

[gamerwolff]

Yeah A LOT of mine had that many colors! the one that had the least was the Yoshi's Island square and it had 40.

Now I'm curious to know how many colours you used in each square!

Mine were very different! Ecco had 22 and Ivy had 245.

mine didn't have anywhere near 245! but each one except yoshi was over 60

[gamerwolff]

I finished my last square today! I washed all three squares in cold water and put them on a towel to air-dry. When I went to check on them, I found this....

OH NOES!.jpg

One color of my DMC thread bled! I've never had that happen before. How can I fix that without ruining my stitching? Or *fingers crossed* will it not be too noticable in the finished quilt? I had hoped to put them in the mail tomorrow. Help please!

[tnitnetny]

Yeah I also have to ask if it was DMC? I have never had any DMC thread bleed like that!

Luckily, it will not be noticed in the final quilt. If you could, put a note on it (like I couldn't see if bled, but just in case) and I will wash it a few times just in case until I know it won't bleed anymore. We can't have it bleeding into the fabric of the quilt after it was made.

[blackmageheart]

Yeah I also have to ask if it was DMC? I have never had any DMC thread bleed like that!

I gotta ask this too. I've also never had DMC thread bleed. I hope it's not one of those fake DMCs I see around sometimes.
The colour should come out of the aida in a few warm washes, I think. And by then it should be obvious if that thread is going to keep bleeding like that.

[katdun]

I don't buy anything but DMC, but maybe that bobbin was one I got from someone else. I know it was labeled with only a DMC number or I wouldn't have used it at all. /sigh. My mom is going to try Grandma's Stain Remover on it, and I'll try to rinse it again a few more times today. Will it hurt it to machine wash it in cold water with a color catcher sheet on a gentle cycle and just not put it in the dryer?

Luckily, it will not be noticed in the final quilt. If you could, put a note on it (like I couldn't see if bled, but just in case) and I will wash it a few times just in case until I know it won't bleed anymore. We can't have it bleeding into the fabric of the quilt after it was made.

Definitely! I'm just glad it can be saved, it was a lot of work!