Originally Posted by earthwalker
This is why I pre-wash all the time. Warehouses and ships are not as clean as people imagine (neither are some restaurant kitchens!).
So true! I prewash because when I made garments all the time I washed first to make sure nothing was going to shrink.
I pre shrink my battings that are 80% cotton too. I have found that they will shrink about 6" in both directions.
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