Originally Posted by irishrose
I washed yesterday. I was getting ready to use batiks in shades of rust. I laid some on a wet paper towel. The towel picked up some color, so everything went in the washer with color catchers. I hope that did it because the quilt will have a light background.
I stopped washing some fabrics because they didn't come out any different, though I do steam them when I press before cutting.
Be careful with batiks. I read somewhere on here that the first time you wash batiks, you just wash out the chemicals that set the dye. The second time you wash, you may release alot more die than the first time around. Batiks make me nervous
That said, I rarely prewashed until I read that many fabrics are imported and may have had rodents creeping across them. That was enough to send me to the washing machine for every project. (I don't buy stash fabric generally so I wash as soon as the items come into the house).