Do you prewash precut 2 1/2" strips?
10-02-2011, 06:48 PM
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I bought 2 1/2" strips from Keepsake Quilting. Should I prewash these before sewing them onto a sweatshirt that will soon be a jacket. I will be totally covering the sweatshirt with fabric.
The strips are all shades of blue batiks from very dark to very light.
The strips are all shades of blue batiks from very dark to very light.
10-02-2011, 07:01 PM
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is the sweatshirt 100% cotton? I don't pre-wash most things, would never pre=wash a strip for fear of losing most of it to strings and distortion. But I would sew the unwashed strips onto the unwashed shirt and let them shrink together. That's what I did on a sweatshirt I made into a jacket.
10-02-2011, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by nycquilter
is the sweatshirt 100% cotton? I don't pre-wash most things, would never pre=wash a strip for fear of losing most of it to strings and distortion. But I would sew the unwashed strips onto the unwashed shirt and let them shrink together. That's what I did on a sweatshirt I made into a jacket.
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10-02-2011, 07:35 PM
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I guess I'm more concerned about the colors bleeding than shrinkage. Should I be worried about shrinkage? I think I will just give her a couple of color catchers when I give my mil the jacket.
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