Beautiful quilt Patrice!! I would not at all mind throwing in the dryer a quilt someone made for me.
I wash and dry all my quilts before they go out the door. I want to make sure they are clean and fresh and also I like the look of the little bit of shrinkage from the warm and natural batting, and also, if something is going to go wrong after the first wash, I can also fix it, though I have never had to, except to darken a label that had faded.