Originally Posted by
sewmary
I usually use Hobbs 80/20 and throe in dryer on fluff for a while.
Here's a question that has me stumped: If I want to preshrink the batting, how would you do it when you have a front-loading HE machine? It uses a scant few inches of water so can't soak the batt there. I wound not be able to manage it in the bathtub... too heavy to try to lift and squeeze the water out.
Mary, I also have a front loader and to presoak my batting, I use the hand wash cycle. While the drum does rotate, it only goes around one slow time every 45 seconds, so it's not really agitating it at all, just moving it around once every 45 seconds very gently. I have done this many times with Hobbs 80/20 batting with no problems whatsoever. Hope this helps you some.
