I have participated in a swap where it was asked that fabric not be washed.
I am the hostess for this swap. While working on the guidelines for this particular swap, I thought more members may consider participating if the fabric could (and has to) be pre-washed. We have many on this board that wash their fabric as soon as it comes in their door.
Some fabrics tend to shrink a tad bit more than others and since this is a 5" square swap, that was another consideration.
I hope this explanation helps :thumbup:
Kris
Originally Posted by Qbee
Originally Posted by Havplenty
I have a question about this statement: "The reason the fabric should be prewashed is because many on this board wash their fabrics as soon as they purchase them. I want these members to be able to participate also." How would prewashing fabrics or not effect whether interested parties participate in a particular swap or not?
I do NOT think it is intended to make a statement about weather they should be pre-washed or not. If someone washes ALL fabric the minute they take it into their home and the swap calls for "NOT WASHED" fabric, then that person would not be able to pull from their stash and would have to go out and purchase fabric just for this swap so as to have some that hasn't been pre-washed. Does that help??