I had a wonderful blessing like this not long after I started quilting. It was from an estate sale and I got it for 100.00 and besides boxs and boxs of material there were 13 rolls of batting and 25 spools of quilting thread. It was a Tahoe with seats laid flat and a Silverado truck packed full. Here is what someone told me to do and I did it with large pieces of fabric. Clip each corner of the selvage, just a little triangle shape piece. I dont know what this does but a whole machine load does not ravel. I have clothslines and I dried my fabric outdoors. It took me many days to get all of this washed, dried and folded. So very thankful.