I have a top loading machine and that is where the quilt goes. I set the machine to super load so the machine will get lots of water, use my regular detergent (Arm and Hammer) and a couple of color catchers, set the machine to light wash and hot water (which is never as hot as I want it to be when I'm washing dish towels) and let her rip. I usually run it through a second rinse and then put it in the dryer and get it good and dry. Then I look it over for any oopsies. I know this will horrify people who swish their quilts around in the machine with a stick, but for me that would be going back to the days when I helped my grandmother do laundry in the big vat in the backyard 70 years ago. If my quilts can't take a top loader, a good spin and the dryer, they won't survive very long in a house with two cats and two Yorkies anyway. froggyintexas