Originally Posted by Sweeterthanwine
After the quilt is finished, and it ready to be washed, do you wash yours in the washing machine? Do you use any kind of special laundry soap, or just use water (warm or cold)? Do you put it in the dryer or lay out flat somewhere? Then after all this is done, do you iron or press it? All your ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I have a Maytag front loading washer/dryer set so its super-gentle and large-capacity. I'd never ever put a quilt in a regular top-loader. I use Orvus soap and lukewarm water. I put it on super-gentle air-fluff in the dryer till the quilt is halfway dry, then lay it on a sheet and block it.
And I never iron a quilt.
If the quilt is a raggy, I ALWAYS take it to a laundromat ...and then I clean the mess out of their machines!