Originally Posted by Boo
I always wash my quilts prior to giving as a gift. Could be that I just love the look when taken the quilt out of dryer, as it crinkles around the stitching, giving it an old comfy feel. Have a lovely holiday.
Boo -- I am the same way! I use 100% cotton batting to help it crinkle.
As for the pencils marks.. I strongly suggest not using regular pencils, but using quilt pencils. I used regular pencils for a while and had no trouble with the marks washing out.. then one day I used them on a quilt and they never did all wash out! PTL it was a quilt for us and not a gift and the marks are not that noticable.. in fact, I suspect you wouldn't see them if you weren't looking for them... but I know they are there! I quit using regular pencils then!
Barb C.