Love this idea - my serger just sits in the closet, now I will overlock before washing fabric!! This has to be the idea of the day!!
I only wash when I put together a project. I hand wash some of the smaller pieces.
Originally Posted by
Somerset Val
I have always prewashed my fabrics but I don't do it when I buy them - only when I am going to use them. I overlock the raw edges before washing, starching and ironing them. This way, I know which fabrics have been prewashed, and which haven't - and it prevents a real mess of tangled threads in the washing machine and on the fabric!