Originally Posted by romanojg

I don't always pre wash everything, even though I'm better about prewashing now than a few years ago. Flannel I always prewash. I don't want my project to be distorted or shrink. You can rewet the flannel dry to moist and then block it so that it is more even on grain. You'll waist alot less that way. The other thing that I always wash first is now that I'm making clothes, I don't want my finished garment to shrink after I got the fit right.