New quilt for a gift--to wash or not to wash?
I'm getting the binding on Stepping Stones now and am debating whether to wash it before I give it to my daughter's boyfriend for Christmas. All the fabric was washed before it was made...and I have very clean hands whenever I worked on it. I know my quilter was careful too. I feel a quilt never looks quite the same after it's been washed... but not in a bad way. I always wash baby blankets and I washed a quilt I gave to a friend because I used basting spray.
But I kind of don't want to wash this one. Maybe I could toss it in the dryer to get all the threads off?
I'll tell him to bring it to me when it needs washing and I'll use my color wash sheets when I do.
What do you do?