How many of you actually measure your
Fabrics before and after washing them (if you are in the wash before cutting group)?
Your quilts before and after they are quilted?
Your quilts before and after they are washed?
I have heard that heavy quilting can "take up" several inches from the unquilted size.
There was just a post today about a quilt that shrank five inches after being washed.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...s-t247055.html
When figuring on a "finished" size - after quilting and washing - do you make it bigger and expect to "lose" a couple of inches in the quilting and washing processes?