Originally Posted by
citruscountyquilter
Someone correct me please if I'm wrong but I think the more quilting you have the less shrinkage you'll have because the fabric is secured in more places so you might want to consider that in your quilting design.
This is correct. The more quilting you have, the more fabric shrinkage is limited to only as much as the batting shrinks.
The problem comes in if quilting lines are far apart. In this case, a fabric with a huge need to shrink can pull away from the batting (between the quilting lines), allowing the fabric to shrink more than the batting. When the quilting lines are close together, the small expanses of fabric between quilting lines can shrink only as much as the batting underneath them shrinks.