Originally Posted by
ArtsyOne
My personal rule has been that if the quilt will be used as a quilt, then I prewash because the likelihood is that it will get dirty. If the quilt is intended as a wall hanging, then I don't prewash.
I am the same way. I have had things shrink that I didn't expect to and dyes run that I didn't expect to. One thing I have learned even if its expensive fabric it can run....