I recently ordered fabric from Hancock Fabric to make a 9 patch sailboat quilt for my grandson. I usually love the crispness new unwashed fabric but since it's for a toddler I figured I better wash it. The order was actually sent to my mom's house--she's home all day and I work-- and when I picked it up I showed her what I got. She remarked that I had a lot of sewing of fabric edges before washing. I told her I had seen several posts on this really cool message board that I've become a member of, and that quite a few say all I have to do is clip the corners and it won't ravel. She looked at me like I had 5 heads and they all had purple and orange hair. She said in all her years of sewing she had never heard of such a thing and she used to work in a fabric store also.
So.... tell me this really does work before I try it! I really don't want my Mom to be right.