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Old 08-04-2012, 08:23 AM
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QuiltE
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Originally Posted by Deborahlees View Post
Yes...yes...yes...please wash the flannel...it will really really shrink. My personal recommendation would be wash, hot water, dry-hot dryer and then do it again.....Measure you pieces you will be VERY surprised had how much it will shrink....would also recommend you pink the raw edges as they will ravel like crazy.
Yes! .,.. abuse it with lots of hot water and hot dryer ... and repeat ... and keep repeating til the shrinage is done!!

Or instead of the pinking of edges ... zigzag stitching help hold it together.
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