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Old 06-14-2011, 08:56 PM
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Prism99
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Originally Posted by amma
Originally Posted by trish b
I listened to an experienced teacher talk about this last night at our guild meeting. She says any regular detergent will do with a couple color catchers, gentle agitation. The trick is to stand by your washer and not let it spin too much at one time. She said, count to 2 and lift the lid and again and again and again, until it stops spinning. The spinning will tear out the stitches, hand or machine. Then put in a pillow case and dry on gentle. Good wishes.
Isn't this for a finished quilt? I would be afraid that this would cause more raveling than washing by hand.... :D:D:D
I agree. This method would be likely to ruin an unquilted top. The hand method described, with the folding, is the first method of washing a quilt top that I would try without first hand-basting the top to a foundation.
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