Resurrecting a Project

I worked on my quilter until the bobbin ran out this afternoon and then decided to change gears and play with a different project.

This applique piece has languished much too long.  It’s time to add a pieced border so it can be completed.  When I finished the center’s applique, I hand washed it to remove the glue basting.  To my dismay, the blues ran badly and I was afraid all that work was wasted.  Fortunately, I was able to eventually get rid of the stains using color grabbers and Dawn.   By that time I was so burned out on the project, I set it aside.

Hopefully I’ve learned my lesson.  After pulling possible border fabrics, I prewashed them along with some other batiks. 

Here are the color grabbers from those washer loads.  Yikes!  If they were made of better fabric I could add them to the border.