Always prewash, y'all. Always prewash.
I made DuBarry 5612 four years ago for Valentine's Day.
I swear I prewashed that fabric. I swear it. I never put fabric away unwashed.
I only wore this maybe three times because, while it was fun for holidays, it wasn't really my kind of print. I wore it this year but spilled some juice on it at the department breakfast. And it smelled a bit stale. So I washed it.
Y'all . . . either I didn't prewash or it was the cheapest, bleeding-est, fabric in history. It was a print! It should not have bled like this! I own a black/purple towel that bled less than this when I washed it the first time!
It stained the eyelet trim deep pink and tie-dyed half my unmentionables. I don't care about the unmentionables but the dress was ruined.
So . . . onward and upward. That was sad, but now I have a good reason to remake it in a fabric I like better. I picked this Moda French General soft red/natural floral print up this weekend from GRS Fabrics.
I made DuBarry 5612 four years ago for Valentine's Day.
I swear I prewashed that fabric. I swear it. I never put fabric away unwashed.
I only wore this maybe three times because, while it was fun for holidays, it wasn't really my kind of print. I wore it this year but spilled some juice on it at the department breakfast. And it smelled a bit stale. So I washed it.
Y'all . . . either I didn't prewash or it was the cheapest, bleeding-est, fabric in history. It was a print! It should not have bled like this! I own a black/purple towel that bled less than this when I washed it the first time!
It stained the eyelet trim deep pink and tie-dyed half my unmentionables. I don't care about the unmentionables but the dress was ruined.
So . . . onward and upward. That was sad, but now I have a good reason to remake it in a fabric I like better. I picked this Moda French General soft red/natural floral print up this weekend from GRS Fabrics.
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