Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
Originally Posted by SimpleCook29
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
The worst advice I have ever heard given is "Do NOT wash the fabric before you use it"....wrong on so many levels....
The best advice "ALWAYS wash your fabric before using in a project"!
that and measure thrice, cut once!
OHHHHHHH MY GOD!!!! Seriously.. my LQS gave me this advice and now I am almost 1/2 way through my very first quilt and now its going to look like crap! Thanks! Guess I know for the future!
It's perfectly fine to not wash your fabric first. It will not look like crap.
It's fine not to wash your fabric first as long as you're using all the same kind of fabric e.g. all 100% cotton, no problem. If you're mixing fabrics (cotton top, flannel back) you'd want to wash the flannel. Or if crazy quilting using different fabrics then I would wash them first if possible. (Quite a change of view for me since I came into this board thinking always wash... because I did dressmaking, where the size of the finished object is critical and the fabrics are usually mixed fibres that shrink at different rates).