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To wash a Finished quilt or not

Old 07-05-2016, 09:11 AM
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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.
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Old 07-05-2016, 12:28 PM
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Old 07-05-2016, 12:50 PM
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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.
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Old 07-05-2016, 03:10 PM
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I don't wash wallhangings, art quilts, or quilts entered in a show.
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Old 07-05-2016, 03:58 PM
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I wouldn't wash an art quilt either, I also wouldn't pay any attention to the quilt police. It's your quilt, do it whichever way you want to.
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Old 07-05-2016, 05:19 PM
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It's your art and it's not for others to lecture you about changing it. Clearly, washing would change it dramatically. Talk about chutzpah, you were likely more polite than I'd have been.
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Old 07-06-2016, 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Littledreamdevil View Post
If my quilt is going to be used on my bed then I wash it when I am finished with the project.
If it is a wall hanging I see no reason why it needs to be washed only when it need to be.
This is just what I do.
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
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Old 07-06-2016, 07:14 AM
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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.
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Old 07-06-2016, 07:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Eva Knight View Post
I don't think you should wash art quilts. JMO
I agree. I also think that wall hangings don't need to be washed unless it looks like it needs it. I will wash quilts that will be used, but even then I don't wash them that often.
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Old 07-06-2016, 07:33 AM
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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).
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