Welcome, Tom, from North Texas, 60 miles north of Dallas, 30 miles south of Durant, Oklahoma. I think you should wash every quilt after you get the binding and the label on it. Be sure to use a color catcher. Laundering a quilt gives it a crinkly look that I really love, gets all the stray body oil out of it as well as all the dirt that you may pick up while you are working on it. Have fun quilting. froggyintexas