Originally Posted by roguequilter
...of course being me...i am going to have to buy some fab...divide amt in 1/2...wash block/iron one and not the other and see how things turn out....this ought to be fun!
If half shrinks, you'll never line the repeats up between the two halves. There IS a good reason for not washing. IF there's shrinkage afterwards (and I've never seen it in any of the dozen or so that I've made and washed) it will be even across the fabric so unnoticeable.
Someone else was asking for more tips - I'd also say be really careful with the iron - PRESS don't WIGGLE. The key to being precise with these is lining the repeats up as near to perfect as you can - this isn't a stage that ccan be rushed. Once that's done, the rest is fun and straightforward. For further information get one of the books by Maxine Rosenthal and read it right through before starting anything. Then work from it as an instruction manual for the first one you do. Then you really CAN'T go wrong. :-D