WITH REFERENCE TO AN ON GOING CONVERSATION LATELY, I JUST GOT THIS IN MY EMAIL FROM PENNY HALGREN, THE QUILTING COACH.
SORRY THIS IS ALL CAPS. IT LOOKS SNOTTY. I JUST WANTED TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE BODY OF THE EMAIL. (I COULDN"T GET THE BOLD TO WORK )
BUTTERFLYWING
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Tips from TheQuiltingCoach.com
Here's another tip:
You can never hear this one too often. ALWAYS pre-wash your fabric
once you get it home from the fabric store. Washing in warm water
using normal detergent (never with bleach) will remove any
lingering chemicals from the fabric dyeing process, as well as
shrink your fabric before it becomes part of your quilt.
Some may say you don't have to pre-wash, but we think it's better
safe than sorry! If you don't pre-wash your fabric, you could have
a quilt whose fabrics bleed onto each other, or where the fabric
puckers and your entire quilt shrinks! After all of your hard work,
no one wants that. Always pre-wash, and you won't have to worry!
Happy Quilting!
Penny Halgren
www.TheQuiltingCoach.com[b]