Some years ago I made a pattern that was called Hospice Quilt which included several larger x stitch blocks. These were done on fine linen and included in a large bed sized quilt. It came out beautifully other than I forgot to cut those linen blocks bigger than the called for size to allow for the x stitch to pull in a bit shrinking the orignal size called for but I made it work. It came out beautifully but is displayed on a quilt rack and has never been washed therefore uncertain about the washing part.