I would also double check to make sure it is all cotton. I would never put a quilt in super hot water. I think your article needs to be very clear that this method is not best for all quilts.
Suzy, I am a textile conservator who does lots of wet cleaning of antique quilts. It’s time consuming, but if you really want to heal your precious quilt, keep repeating the process until the water is clear for about 6 hours or so. Your quilt needs some R&R.) Don’t worry if things are looking very dye-ey up in there – the soap’s job is to keep the dye suspended in the water, and not in your quilt. (But what if you want to take a bath? TOO BAD.
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Make sure every bit of the quilt is underwater (so none of the water dye sticks to the quilt at the water line), and give it a full 12 hours. We’re talking about a good long sleep, here. (Note: if the water gets REALLY dark REALLY fast, you’ll want to drain the water after about 10 minutes or so, and refill.) Did I miss that part? Now swish things around for a good ten minutes. Oh, and make sure your quilt is in there, too. Add as much as half a cup of the good stuff. Though people get all excited about Synthrapol (and it does work well, so you may want to keep some on hand), Dawn Ultra Pure dish detergent will do the trick, too.
Boiling water is hot! I know! This is why you need gloves!) Fill your bathtub up with as hot of water as you can (different people have different limits set on their hot water heater, so if your hot tap water is sort of meh, add some pots of boiling water. To soak a bleeding quilt, you want a looot of water more than your sink or washing machine can handle.
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