Originally Posted by
Hylarie
I know I read a thread about this before but have not been able to find it. I am about to start a couple large sized quilts and the fabric is all over 3 yards of each piece. How do you wash these to stop the twisting and knotting? I have washed up to 3 yards but I always end up with strings that bind around the center of fabric. Any tips would be appreciated!
I have washed pieces much larger than 3 yards, I hate to cut it as I would probably end up needing the larger piece. The trick to not getting tons of threads is to make a small triangular cut on each corner of the fabric. For some reason it seems to keep the fabric from shredding the pieces. I almost always prewash my fabric, I just like to be safer from fabric bleeding. Since we have to pay for each load of wash, I will sometimes rinse the fabric in the sink and I have been surprised when a lighter fabric is the one that will bleed - a good reason to prewash.