Thank you to all for your good advice on to wash or not to wash..
I always wash my fabric before I put it in my stash but when I got the panels I didn't, I really didn't know what to do with them.. The panels were given to me by the ladies from our church to make the baby quilts for the center...some are old and some new but all pretty cute. I just had to provide the backing and sew and quilt them, it was a big help to get the panels for free.
I will take your advice and finish one and try and wash it to see what it does.. I would hate to rip off all the boarders that I have on already. I'm trying to do them all together like cut all the boarders sq all of them up and so on, it makes the making of the quilts a little faster.
Thanks all for your help...I can always count on you ladies for good advice .