I rinsed a completed cross-stitch project in cold water and a tiny amount of Woolite. The red thread bled and a light pink stain surrounds all of the red stitching. Does anyone know how to remove the light pink stains. Thanks.
By Fran from Rainbow City, AL
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I am 69 years old, and have never had any color of embroidery thread bleed onto the background fabric or onto nearby colors of thread. I never used cold water to wash anything embroidered. When I was young I did numerous pairs of pillow cases, and sets of dish towels, and they always got washed with what ever range of colors the background was. White items got washed in hot water, no matter what. T
his is the way my Mother did it, she always had the old type wringer washer and no dryer, as long as I was at home. There was always some bleach added to the water for the white load, and it never noticeably faded the colored embroidery thread.
Otherwise I would say take a cotton swab, and dip it in bleach, then kind of dab it on the areas where the red bled, just being careful no to touch any colored area. Then carefully rinse the fabric again. I don't know if this will work or not.
I also have used a Q-Tip dipped in bleach. I used it to blot the areas where the color ran. And to protect the other cross-stitched areas (so that the bleach wouldn't affect them), I held a wet sponge there.
Omg, this just happened to me! Red thread bled onto crossstitch piece. How frustrating! Glad for the suggestion of Qtip with bleach. Tried oxy on Qtip and it faded to orange!
Hi, If the cotton bud with bleach doesn't work the way you want. I'd have a look in the laundry section at your supermarket & see if you can buy a rinse that's purely for when dyes run. I don't know what it's called over in the U.S. but it is available. Good luck. Wendy
I use a product called Color Catcher made by Shout company in the washing machine. Try resoaking and adding the cloth (it catches the extra dye). By the way...was that DMC floss?
The COLOR CATCHER also worked well for me. The thread was from a kit and the red bled on white fabric.
I finished a counted cross stitch sampler that I started 37 years ago for my son. Now Im giving it to my grandson. It had a couple of dirty spots and was a little yellow. After watching a video about how to clean a counted cross stitch sampler, I tested some different colors of my floss by soaking in soapy water. The water came out with no color bleed. I took the risk and soaked my sampler as the video said.
I'm going to try this. Like you, it was 37 years ago, and it is the Christmas stocking I made for my son. It was fine all these years, but this year my daughter-in-law got it out to hang on the mantle, and all places there was red embroidery floss, there is extensive pink shadow staining.
My 32 yr. old sampler bled too when I washed it. Some ones good advise was to put a damp sponge under it and use bleach and a q-tip. I used 50/50 water and bleach with a small stiff artists brush. worked well.Rinsed, rolled in towel and spun dry. Stopped the bleeding. Keep working the solution till color fades. Stay as far away from red threads as possible.
Thanks for the responses here. I've just finished the Lord's Supper counted cross stitch that I started 40 years ago (life happened). I've worked in yarns for years and rinsed in cool water just as always. The brown hair and brown table legs bled in the aida cloth. I've tried several things and as of yet it's still noticeable. My family Christmas party is four days away! It's a gift and I still need to mat and frame. I'm gonna try the bleach cotton swab and pray.
This same thing happened to me. I used "Out" White Brite Laundry whitener that I got at Walmart. Dabbed it on with an artist's brush and repeated until the stain was gone. I rinsed in cold water after. It worked! Stain is remarkably gone!
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