Originally Posted by janRN
I don't prewash (gasp-I know that's a mortal sin). I would not ever prewash ConnThreads fabrics because they ravel so much handling them. I love their fabrics and order them; they just ravel more than other fabrics.
I've never had a problem washing the quilts/runners I've made with their fabrics if I wash them after they're completed.
When I was a kid, 60 or 70 years ago, Mama prewashed everything because she sewed our dresses and my brother's shirts and she didn't want them to be too small after the first wash.
She stopped that along about 1960 because fabric manufacturers had got their act together and for the most part, shrinkage was minimal.
Deep colors running can still be a problem, but now that I know about color catchers, I just make my project and wash it in hot water with a color catcher and hope for the best. So far, so good.
So, you and I are both guilty of a mortal sin. Just to make matters worse, I don't iron pillow cases either and would rather make them out of blends because they are softer and don't wrinkle. Now that is a mortal sin!