To wash a Finished quilt or not
#21
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
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Its your decision so do as you wish. I'd probably side with you too if its a wallhanging and not a bed quilt. I'd rather it not have the wrinkled look either. As for my bed quilts I always wash them before I give them as a gift as I tend to use Elmer's Glue and want to have it removed beforehand plus I'd rather deal with bleeding if it happens instead of the recipent fretting over thinking she/he destroyed it.
#23
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
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Art quilts should never be washed, only vacuumed with net over the nozzle when dusty. I wash all my finished quilts. If I don't want the wrinkly look I pre shrink the batting and press the quilt smooth again after washing. If I had listened to the guild quilt experts my first quilt I made would not have been entered in the guild's quilt show and I wouldn't have won Viewer's Choice.
#27
I ALWAYS wash my quilts when they are finished. I can't give a gift of a quilt that I worked so darn hard on that has grease on it from your hands, or a comfy spot where the dog (like Miss BEss - my avatar) took a happy nappy and probably drooled or something that I wouldn't see. I think a quilt looks much better washed. I take mine - all of them I have taken - to the laundromat and wash them gently and dry them, bring them home and hang them on the line - even in the wintertime and it gives them such a good smell of love! If you do it right, they will stay together for a long time. I just would rather give a quilt that is clean. I don't mean literally dirty, I mean with grease from the hands, etc.and that it has a nice clean smell to it. In my humble opinion..................Edie
#28
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Maryland
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I actually love the look of an unwashed quilt but I always wash mine before gifting. I wouldn't want seams coming undone or heaven forbid!! a color running. Then I tell the recipient how to wash in the future and include a couple of color catchers.
But an art quilt ... no way! I wouldn't wash it until the dust started to make it sag on the wall.
But an art quilt ... no way! I wouldn't wash it until the dust started to make it sag on the wall.
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Texas
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Nor would I wash it. I've washed two quilts that I've given, one a baby quilt, which I would always do, and another to a friend and the reason I washed it was because I used Elmer's washable glue to sandwich it and wanted to get rid of any residue before I mailed it.
I've given others away without washing. I think it depends on you, and the recipient (if giving a quilt).
I've given others away without washing. I think it depends on you, and the recipient (if giving a quilt).
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