I suppose I am very lucky -- I wash my quilts in my washer, but I have an "extra delicate" cycle on mine, which is what I ALWAYS USE. I then dry them in a clothes dryer, which I am also blessed to have. My machine is a top-load machine, but it has two delicate cycles, one regular "delicate", and one "extra delicate". I have several hand-pieced quilts and I've never had a problem. Understand, I don't wash them every week, and since they don't get used much in the summer (Florida summers), so they're washed infrequently (I usually use my quilts between two flat sheets, which keeps them cleaner.)
Jeanette
P.S. Your quilt is stunning! Beautiful work!
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