[quote=raptureready] I hate to wash more than 2 1/2 yd piecesde because it tends to wind up so badly in the dryer.
To prevent the dreaded washer/dryer twisted rope of fabric try this:
Open your fabric out so you have hold of one end of one selvedge side and the other selvedge is down by your feet.
Fan-fold the fabric in about half yard sections. (you know like you made paper fans as a kid...... but no creasing and it doesn't have to be exact. Just do it. <G>)
Using safety pins or the longest stitch you have on the machine, pin/stitch along the selvedge. Doesn't have to be perfect it will come out later. Use cheap light color thread.
Shake it so you can also pin/stitch along the other selvedge.
You end up with a piece of folded fabric that is as long as the fabric is wide by about 18 inches or so. The folds are loose, the selvedges fastened.
Wash and put into the dryer. (I shake it out before putting it in the dryer.) Don't completely dry.... take out of dryer a bit damp and hang to finish drying, or remove the pins/stitching and press dry.
I've done this with up to about 8 yards of fabric and it really does work. <G>
Pati, in Phx