Luana, try drying the quilt in the dryer and see if that gets you the result you want. You can wash & dry it again if it's not soft enough. The most recent quilt I made only needed one pass through the washer & dryer to get soft. It's probably the softest quilt I've made to date - I wish I knew what kind of batting the quilter used! The density of quilting will also affect the softness of a quilt.