Originally Posted by mayday
ALWAYS wash q/tops by hand in liquid washing powder, rinse thoroughly and lightly spin drying flat.
Have had DREADFUL problems with reds-----they tend to run badly.
If you wash your fabrics before cutting them - you would find out if you had a bleeder before you used it.
If I had to wash a quilt top - and the only time that would be if something undesirable had gotten on it - that's how I would do it -
Do you usually wash a quilt top before it's quilted?