Either way works. Evaluate your relationship and decide accordingly ...
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Either way works. Evaluate your relationship and decide accordingly ...
I NEVER let a quilt go without washing it first, gift, sale, donation it does not matter. For me the final step to every quilt is laundering after the binding is finished. I've never had a new, laundered quilt look ( used) either. Laundering removes any soils/oils/chemicals and marks. Allows me to be sure every seam, stitch is secure and no colors are ( troublesome) . every quilt, every time... No matter what!
hiding away in my stash where i'm warm, safe and happy
Wash with color catchers AND include a new box with the gift!
Better to do something imperfectly, than nothing perfectly.
Done is better than perfect.
I always prewash. I gotten blocks from estate sales and prewashed those. Wasn't about to work on it without having done so. I prewash everything. I would not be happy if I received a quilt that when it needed washing would bleed. I would think the creator of the quilt didn't care!!
I always pin one to the quilt, no complaints yet.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE wash quilts before you give them away. This is a plea especially to anyone who owns furry friends. I ask this as someone who ended up in the ER one time from the cat hair in a gift basket. You really never know what all you are giving away with that quilt. Always better to be safe than sorry!
I also always wash quilt before gifting for a variety of reasons. I am getting ready to start a red, black, and white quilt - thanks for the reminder to prewash (i never do that) because of the red.
my name is becca and i'm a quilt-a-holic :-)
I recently finished and sent off a baby quilt that I had made using a pre-printed panel and yard goods. I did not pre-wash anything before starting, but did put the finished quilt in my washer on the rinse and spin cycle (set on cold) to remove the water-erasable marker I had used. Yes, the quilt came out of the dryer a bit puffier, but in the note I sent to the recipient, I explained the reason for the 'washed' appearance of the quilt. Didn't matter...the individual who asked that I make the quilt for her first great-grandchild was delighted with the quilt...warmed my heart!
When someone mentions quilting, I go to pieces!
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