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April 19, 2009

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Renee

This is so cool! I especially like the green with orange polka dots one. I love how they turned out in quilt squares.

Misa

Looking great! Reminds me of old-school photography processes where one color gets replaced or desaturated, selectively. Come to think of it, Photoshop does this too. Very cool technique!

Melanie

Wow, the results are really beautiful. I wonder though if the use of bleach would result in the fibres of those fabrics being weakened? If they are weaker than the unaltered fabrics, you might get uneven wear over time perhaps.

Mandy

I thought I was going to have a heart attack when I read what you did. But then I saw the completely awesome effect when the bleached fabrics were sewn together with the unbleached - very cool! Now I want to try it!

Robyn

This is really cool. I am inspired!

ashley

this is so cool! I'd never heard of bleach discharge before but think I might have to give it a try.

kangaroo

it's official. you're fabulous.

Rossie

You amaze me, you not only discharged and overdyed, you made a lot of quilt blocks!

I see that someone asked about weakening the fabric. In my experience, quality fabric holds up really well to a little bleaching; I haven't had any problems with my gym bag which is made with discharged fabric and gets knocked around far more than a quilt would be.

: )
Rossie

Suzanne

Whoa. What an awesome idea. I love the idea of mixing bleached/unbleached prints. What a great effect!

Alissa

So cool!! This is something I'll have to try one of these days!

Siwa

this is neat and also easy. I love the red fabric when it turn to be a square block. love love it.

Amber

Ok this post is just fantastic! It's like getting a whole new batch of fabric with only a little bleach! Can't wait to try this!

Alexis

I LOVE the bleached blocks - very inspiring, definitely something on my to do list.

bonnie

great blocks and what great idea for a quilt. i might have to try that. i loved the overall effect.

Emma

What's a quart relative to a cup?

Jane Weston

Another great idea! I love how you've put them together!

Mary P

This looks really fun.

Michaela

How cool is that? Thanks for sharing your experiment.It looks like a lot of fun.

Marcia

This was very brave of you. Impressive results. I love your E block.

Amy Sp

That turned out really fun! I hope I can be that brave some day, LOL.

Splomo

I, too, averted my eyes at first, seeing all that beautiful AMH fabric next to the bottle of Clorox.

But the results! Wow. So stylish! You've impressed me so many times, and here's just one more technique I'll want to try for myself.

linda p

these are really amazing! thanks for sharing.

jacquie

ooooh i'm so giving this a try....love your blocks!! thanks so much for sharing.

Elizabeth

1 quart = 4 Cups
4 quarts = 1 Gallon

Kelli

What a neat technique! You are so brave to use such awesome fabric in this experiment!

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