faykilgore

I always always washed quilt fabric. It's how I was taught, and thus how I taught my students. Then I read multiple threads here with the pros and cons and thought, ''Hmmm." So, I tried it. I've made two quilts now with unwashed fabric. They both contained all new material, none from my stash. It was awesome skipping all that prep time. I'm going to have issues with the reds in the cowboys, but that's not the real problem. Now I have scraps from these quilts. I'm going to have to wash the scraps if I want to incorporate them into any of the already washed scraps from previous projects. I could separate washed from unwashed scraps, but that just gets complicated. I've created quite the mess here. For me, with such a large washed stash, I think I'll just keep pre-washing fabric from now on. It's a real pain, too, since I no longer have a washer and dryer.