Originally Posted by M cubed

I guess I am hard on my fabrics. When I bring fabric home, it goes in the washer on med-hot water, laundry detergent, cold rinse, then into the dryer on med heat. I figure that this fabric is going to be used, and hopefully used regularly; and if it can't stand up to being laundered, I don't want to use it in a quilt. I do use color catshers and they have saved me several times (I use the used catchers for foundation piecing - nothing gets thrown out).