My quilt is bleeding!

This quilt is bleeding red and blue.

I made it for friends nearly a decade ago,

and I thought I had pre-washed all the fabrics.

But check out that mottled beige--

it has red and blue splotches on it,

even after I scrubbed it.

I think those spots are there to stay,

unless someone else has another idea.

Here's the whole thing --  trip around the world

made in that strip-pieced, loopy, unpicking method.

Note the calico and floral prints.

I recall getting most of the fabrics from my mother,

but buying the red border fabric and the bright blue.

Most likely I didn't pre-wash those. oops!

Back then, I hand quilted it in spirals,

but a couple of washings showed that it needed a bit more quilting,

so I quilted in the ditch on both sides of that inner border.