I've never used anything other than silk ties, but I guess it would be okay. I know that I stabilized with fusible interfacing because they are all cut on bias, and I wanted to utilize as much of the fabric as possible. I never made anything as large as a quilt, just used mainly for wall hangings. I gave two away, but still have one more to finish, which is now listed as a UFO. I can't say about the laundering though. Most of the silk ties say to dry clean only. I thought with being stabilized that I could hand launder. Again, not sure.