Hello from Greenwood, Arkansas, USA...love your first quilt, good job on it!! I only use Warm & Natural batting and when I wash my quilts I use my front loader on delicate cycle and then then go in the dryer...I too love that "crinkly" look and it's partly from how dense the quilting that bind them all together is. Welcome to this quilt board, there are other boards out there, google quilt chat!