Journal Notes

I was so pleased with this quilt. Bought the strawberry fabric and was excited to make the Brightly pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew.Was the 7th quilt that I quilted on my longarm and spent about 40 hours custom quilting it. Really felt I hit my stride in developing muscle memory on my longarm. Threw it in my washer with Synthropol and color catchers and the Henry Glass Whirlwind wide back still bled like a hemophiac. After soaking it the bathtub with Dawn to remove excess dye some of my white background picked up the dye from the backing fabric. Figured out that I bought the white Confetti Cotton background fabric at two different times. It appears as if the newer fabric picked up the dye and the older fabric resisted. They must have changed the formula. It was so disappointing. I still like the quilt, but I am bummed. Flimsy 90" x 102" After quilting: 84" x 96"