It's a very handsome quilt. I am not sure, but I would guess that by the time the quilt softened, it would be wearing out, so I would not try it. Think of one of those T shirts with a plastic-feeling print on it. I used Bubblejet and printed on my prewashed and ironed fabic and had no surface problem, whereas the stuff I paid to have printed for me came out as you described. Maybe next time.