Originally Posted by
TexasGurl
Actually I DID read many of the previous posts ... I guess we can all "agree to disagree" !
I've been quilting for 25 years and all I can add is, when you prewash fabrics and wash your quilts in HOT water and DRY on HOT, they WILL shrink, they WILL wear, and most fabrics WILL lose color prematurely. Drying a quilt in the dryer WILL shorten its life considerably ...
There's NO other result for 100% cottons ... so why would quilters who do this expect anything different ???
The excessive rate of shrinkage that the OP got with this particular fabric is
not usual, not at all, even using hot water and a hot drying temp. Since you obviously have no experience using those conditions, there is no reason for you to be so adamant about the results obtained.