I would love to be able to work with unwashed fabrics, but I've been bitten in the butt twice in the short time I've been quilting..badly...so I always do it now. I wash all small pieces in the sink, rinsing until all the bleeding is rinsed out.
Luv...love the stripe! That will look fabulous!
Elle...you know I want to hear more about the QAYG...I liked doing it that way on Jane, although I ended up combining QAYG and machine QITD, trapunto and FMQ. How to quilt this o e is going to be interesting. I have no idea yet what it will tell us it wants!