Originally Posted by
DebraK
Ironing yards and yards of wrinkled fabric is not my idea of a good time. I prefer to save that energy for pressing seams ;-)
I agree!
I don't think that it makes a whit of sense to wash the sizing out of cotton fabric, deal with unknotting and cutting the unraveling edges after it comes out of the drier, get a pile of wrinkled stringy-edged fabric, and then spend a lot of time spraying some kind of starch concoction on it until it is just as stiff and regular as it was before...I did it on my first couple quilts because I was told it was the correct thing, then I wised up.
Why not wash it after the quilt is completed?