I make quilts for people with busy lives. Therefore none of us have time to mess around washing a quilt by hand, taking it to the laundromat for a front load washer anything that takes more time than just throwing it in the washer and then into the dryer! Therefore I finish a quilt, throw it in my top load washer with regular every day laundry soap, then throw it into the dryer on high! for as long as it takes to dry. If it lasts in my washer/dryer I know it will last in anyone elses that I give the quilt to.