Originally Posted by ToucanSam
I have a quilt TOP that my great-grandmother made, probably 50 years or so ago. Needless to say, it needs some laundering. Is there a way I can put this in the washing machine? I was thinking of tying it up in a sheet.....
She stitched it pretty well, I don't see it fraying but would like some input.
NO, I would not put it in a machine.
I washed an antique in the bathtub, changing the water many times, til it ran clear. Hand pressed as much water out as I could and then dried on a sheet in the yard, top side down out of the sun