Originally Posted by girliegirl
ok, do you wash or don't you wash your material before you quilt? I didn't prewash, I don't think my Grandmother ever did either...
In 1976, I sewed a red white and blue baby quilt for my niece. I didn't prewash. Well, the quilt was red, pink,and blue after one washing. Not nearly as patriotic for the Bicentennial baby!
Ever since that time, I prewash.
I find that today I am sensitive to lots of the fabrics too. I can get itchy hands and welts from a day of fabric shopping. I don't know if it is the modern dyes, finishes, sizing, or what. But I am just better off prewashing.