Originally Posted by sfguimaraes
My reason to pre-wash is my fear of bleeding colors. Last year I made a quilt and I forgot to pre-wash a Debbie Mumm dark red fabric. Believe it or not, those pieces of fabric bled and ruined my quilt... :-(
Red is one of the worse to stabilize .... even with pre-washing several times. Then just when you think you have the colours set ... then more appears!! UGH!!!