I am DANCING around my chair. I LOVE THIS POST Couldn't be happier to read this. :-) Someone gave me a small bag of quilt scraps, it smelled like a basement, so I tossed them in the washer like I read you were supposed to do with new fabrics anyway. OMG what a mess. Tiny pieces all frayed and knotted together, I done my best to untangle it all, tossed in dryer, came out the same way. I stood and pressed and used 2 cans of spray starch to try and get it to look good again. I was so discouraged and thought, if I have to go through this every time I make a quilt, I am doomed. LOL I too am lazy about washing and ironing. BUT how about Muslin? I want to cut squares to sew a crazy quilt on and also a strip quilt out of my men's ties, but I don't want to wash all that and press it before I cut my squares. I wash everything in cold water anyway, so will this be ok not to wash? I Want To Sew LOL Rachel