if it is a baby quilt that you expect to be used- it is going to be tossed into the laundry with everything else for baby (maybe with lights & darks separated)
if it were me i would wash and dry it just like i expect the recipient will care for it- toss in color catchers- or use some synthropol (which will keep color in the water from getting on the fabrics)
if you don't expect it to be used but packed in a box for 20 years- then how ever you want will be fine-
but really -
if you are going to *gift* quilts you should wash them just like you think the new owners will- if they tend to go to the laundry mat with garbage bags of laundry- those quilts are going to be part of the mix- when they need washed.
if it's a keepsake- then you should let them know- you do not expect it to be used much- or laundered regularly