Originally Posted by MTS
STEP AWAY FROM THE MACHINE.
PUT THE QUILT DOWN.
Do not wash a quilt top before it's quilted.
It's not that it will all fall apart, but it will be a mess to iron again, as the seam allowances are all over the place, and frayed.
The fact that you think some fabrics might shrink at a different
rate than others won't be solved. They'll shrink, but wouldn't be stabilized by anything.
Actually, you'll have more control over the shrinking if it's washed after it's quilted.
Exactly Right! :thumbup: :thumbup: