vinceaddams:It’s been a while since I’ve posted a photo of myself so here’s me looking festive yeste
vinceaddams:It’s been a while since I’ve posted a photo of myself so here’s me looking festive yesterday in a red waistcoat & zigzag stockings.This darn waistcoat seems to have an endless supply of unfixed red dye, gah! I noticed last week that it had left some pink stains on my shirt, so I soaked it and rinsed it and soaked it and rinsed it and after nearly a week and at least 10 sinks full of water it was still turning the water red! And then I gave up and hung it to dry but that caused big pinky red blotches on the off-white back fabric, so I soaked it again and scrubbed them out, and then put it through the washing machine on cold. It didn’t get any pink stains on the back this time, so I think it’s mostly finished with the bleeding?Some of this may have come from the red wool, but I think it’s mostly from the red cotton lining, which I did not pre-wash because I made this waistcoat years ago when I was several degrees more foolish.So always pre-wash your cottons, especially if they’re red! Red dye bleeds more than any other! -- source link
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