What can I put in the water to stop the red dye from bleeding into my white FSL pieces?

Have you already had this happen, or are you afraid it will? I;ve never heard of embroidery threads bleeding. That would surely be something the thread manufacturers would make sure of. What brand of thread are you using?
Jo

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by bevintex 18 Nov 2013

the threads are colorfast,fsl wouldn't bleed but if you used white thread on a red fabric background then the fabric might .in that case do a test stitch first

I have never had a problem with colors bleeding onto white on my fsl

The little cloth like things are called Color Catchers. You will find them with all the laundry stuff.

There is a cloth you can buy that collects excess dye, I am not sure what it is called, check supermarket.

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by powellrh 17 Nov 2013

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try the vinegar and salt and also the supermarket. I have a bunch of snowman ornaments to make and I don't want a little bow tie to cause my snowman to have a pink cast instead of white.

I add white vinegar (alcohol vinegar) And salt in the warm water, it work well for me. Hugs. Celine

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by powellrh 17 Nov 2013

Thanks, I will try it too.

The old cure used to be salt, I think, but these days one can buy a product called Run Away or something similar, so maybe it's worth checking at the supermarket.

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by powellrh 17 Nov 2013

Thanks, I'll check it out.