Originally Posted by
mhollifiel
For those of us older gals who live with only a DH or alone, waiting for a "full load" means we don't sort our laundry (Gasp!) and the luckier ones have a DH who does the laundry as well. SO, my quilts have to be ready for just about anything, in or out of the laundry! Fabric had better be able to take the worst abuse up front around here.
I also dress myself out of the dryer to cut down on folding. Yep, this means I wear the same two or three outfits out here in the swamp over and over again! Sue me! Love having a washer and dryer in the bathroom!
Glad someone else does that. They sorted in the old days to do the cleanest dirt (like sheets and pillowcases first) and the dirtiest (work clothes) last. It was a pain with a wringer washer. They didn't have auto fill.
Now it's mostly fabrics - delicate , heavy.
Since I make a lot of the stuff and won't buy specialty type fabrics - everything in the house can go in any load.
We use cold water mostly and sorted by whose laundry. The kids would do all theirs in one load. The only no-no is new blue jeans.