Thread: Do you wash wall hanging quilts? or show quilts?

I don't wash my quilts either. I buy dry cleaning sheets and this is all I do to clean them. Of course most of my fabric is pre-washed before I use it.

Originally Posted by Jackie Spencer

I never wash my wall hangings. I have a smoke free home. I just throw them in the dryer with a bounce dryer sheet. Quilts that I make to enter in a Juryed Show I do not wash either. I should also say I do not pre-wash my fabric.

same here at my house

It depends. If the quilt hangs straight, then I wouldn't bother. If you want to block it but the quilt is clean, you can dampen it with water from a spray bottle and block it.

Janet

I'm anothr quilter who washes EVERYTHING before I begin the project.

I always pre-wash my fabrics. And if I want the quilt to have that crinkly look, I will wash it. Don't usually wash wallhangings - just toss them in the dryer to freshen them up when I switch them out, and then press them with Best Press before I re-hang them.

I don't pre-wash ever and I don't wash wall hangings. If they get dusty I'll use the sticky roller on them. I do wash other quilts after they're finished.