Oh, how sad. I can't see any damage in the pic you posted. Hope you can work it out. The quilt is beautiful, by the way.

Oh, Sharon, that is terrible. The tea bath sounds like a good solution.

beverly

So sorry Sharon. I hope you can find a good solution. It is a beautiful quilt by the way. And hope your days improve also.

Theresa

I'm sorry, what a horrible thing to have happen. I hope you find a way to salvage it to your liking. It is really pretty.

Hmmmmm, Marsha, you might have given me an idea. I was going for an ocean feel with all the teals, blues and even some purple, so maybe an Icy Blue dye might help using a loose tie. There are at least 5 places where it bled onto the white and 3 of them are very noticeable .... at least to me. I'll check out the dyes the next time I'm at the store and see how that works. Will be interesting if nothing else. lol

I had to wash a top before it was quilted --- sick dog -- be very careful; it raveled horribly & the some of the fabrics, that were all prewashed, bled from the yuk.

There are methods of dyeing where you lay out the fabric flat (in this case a top) in the snow or sun for it to "dye". Hopefully, someone with some actual knowledge of the method will jump in to help with the how - to.

I think you can make really great lemonade out of these lemons! Cheer up! It will be beautiful & exotic.

I washed this one and the other one to see if, by chance, it was come out. The other one is much better but it was a red....now pale pink, that bled. I'll go ahead and quilt it and wash again. If it's still noticeable, I'll just put a small something or other over it. But for this one, since it's much larger, I think I might either baste or zig-zag around it before dyeing or washing again. It's all those seams on the back that has strings hanging. Yep, looking forward to some lemonade with maybe a swizzle stick or two. lol

oh gosh, Sharon...just read this....brings me back to the 2004 hurricane season...water pouring through the light in the kitchen on Christmas day. Ugh Ugh Ugh. never ever want to go through anything like that again and I really REALLY feel for you.....not just with the quilt tops but....also the with quilt tops, tooooo??? NOBODY needs that! Hope you find a solution for the color bleeds, and also with the roof. bummer.... :(

Beth, Boy do I remember that summer! I was recuperating from surgery and we had to evacuate a few times to our daughter's house. But they had a houseful of people (his parents, too) with blow-up mattresses and the wind was so forceful, it blew the rain right through the brick in their living room......what a mess. At least I could sit and fold towels.

DH went up on the roof, did a patch job and it hasn't leaked again, so hopefully it's taken care of. I'm thankful that even at his age, he is so handy. Can't remember what day it is, but still remembers his handyman skills. lol

Oh...I so feel for you. It's a beautiful quilt so I hope you find a solution to your problem.

Not sure what you can do but the tea bath sounds good...just my opinion.

Oh, Sharon, I'm so sorry. I know how you feel. I think we've all had disasters that happened to our quilts, but it's such a depressing situation when it does. All that work! I hope you can find a solution. It's such a beautiful quilt.

Sorry it happened to such a lovely piece of work. Sometimes we can turn mishaps around and make something new an creative. This sounds like a good place to have that happen. Have you thought to serge around the edge to keep it intact if you have to wash again?

Sharon, it's a beautiful top, can't see where the bled is on the top from the picture. You've received some wonderful ideas, looking forward to seeing your finished quilt.

I recently had to wash a top, my garden fence, to remove a stain. Well the stain came out, but the raveling was enough to drive me nuts, and the never ending pressing to get the wrinkles smoothed wore my arm out. I finally started quilting, hoping for a good end result.

Hang in there it will be lovely!

V.

Thank you everyone. I bought some ocean blue dye but won't use all of it and will go for a tie dye look. I'm not really in the mood to get started on it right now, but you will certainly see the result when I do. I have a few more pictures of other quilts, but they're all small. Not sure if it's because of my laptop or not so will check the desktop and see if the pics are larger from there.

This is going to be the coolest quilt EVER!!!!

I'm so sorry this happened to your beautiful quilt. But if anyone make it better, you can! I'm looking forward to seeing how wonderful it turns out. Would it save on the raveling if you loosely based a backing to it before you washed it?

Bev, That's actually a very good idea! I would try a very thin batting or perhaps a flannel sheet -- something 'sticky' to help secure the threads.
Sharon, another thought I had -- mixing the dye and putting it in a spray bottle or garden sprayer, laying the quilt top on the ground outside and lightly spray - dye.
Ask Clay the artist!! Better yet, let him do it.

I like that idea, Marsha, thanks.