Originally Posted by
CindyinNY
I don't have a serger, wish I did. As for not washing, I know this is an age old contraversy, but I made placemats for a friend and she's always telling me she has to iron them after she washes them because I didn't prewash.
That is more likely due to not pre-washing the batting rather than not pre-washing the fabrics. If the batting was cotton, it probably shrank 3% in the first wash. This problem can be solved by using polyester batting, which does not shrink at all. After quilting, batting controls shrinkage -- not the fabric.