Originally Posted by
patti p
how do you avoid a new quilt from shrinking? i made a quilt for a friend using Baltic pre cuts, I pre washed all the other material like backing and borders and such but most of the quilt was made with pre-cuts. after i sewed it all, quilted and then washed it and dried it, it shrunk about 5 inches. i was VERY surprised at how much it shrunk.i had made it to fit a double bed 72X90 Did i do something Wrong?, should i have expected that and made it larger to accommodate for the shrinkage? any HELP for my future quilts is much appreciated
Thanks Patti
batiks are washed, did you measure before washing?