Dye Run

I, too, wash everything; if for no reason other than to shrink it. One is bound to have to wash the final product eventually and then not only do colors run but fabrics shrink at differing rates. I use the color catcher sheets. I learned at a Ricky Tims lecture than Synthropol, used by hand dyers as a color fixant, should be used when laundering new fabric. It is unfailingly effective. Purchase it at a quilt shop. Use only about a quarter tsp. per load.

Jane in cloudy NC