The first time in 30 years of quilting that I agree to do a quilt for someone and disaster strikes!
I am doing a tee shirt memory quilt and the directions for the stabilizer says to use steam. I put water in the iron and start to steam the tee shirt to the stabilizer. When I lift the iron there are what are probably rust spots on the tee shirt. The shirt color is traffic cone orange.
I quickly mix a little laundry detergent and some Dawn dish detergent and gently scrub with a tooth brush. I rinse and its still there but not as bad. I then put some Shout on, rub it in with my finger and let it sit. I went back a while later and took some water and the toothbrush and gently cleaned the spots.
It now has the faint look of a spaghetti sauce stain in a water mark pattern. At this point I am hysterically laughing because the shirt is from a mission trip to Greece and the stain is under the word Greece so I'm thinking meatballs.
Now that I have calmed down I know my best bet is to come to you guys for help. I can't ask for another shirt because this is the last one she had.
Should I leave it and spray it with stain remover again when I finish it or let it dry and try again to get the stain out before sewing it into the row?
My iron has never done this before so I've now written on the handle "no steam"!
I am doing a tee shirt memory quilt and the directions for the stabilizer says to use steam. I put water in the iron and start to steam the tee shirt to the stabilizer. When I lift the iron there are what are probably rust spots on the tee shirt. The shirt color is traffic cone orange.
I quickly mix a little laundry detergent and some Dawn dish detergent and gently scrub with a tooth brush. I rinse and its still there but not as bad. I then put some Shout on, rub it in with my finger and let it sit. I went back a while later and took some water and the toothbrush and gently cleaned the spots.
It now has the faint look of a spaghetti sauce stain in a water mark pattern. At this point I am hysterically laughing because the shirt is from a mission trip to Greece and the stain is under the word Greece so I'm thinking meatballs.
Now that I have calmed down I know my best bet is to come to you guys for help. I can't ask for another shirt because this is the last one she had.
Should I leave it and spray it with stain remover again when I finish it or let it dry and try again to get the stain out before sewing it into the row?
My iron has never done this before so I've now written on the handle "no steam"!
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