Originally Posted by
Prism99
To keep an "unwashed" look (even if you wash), I think it helps enormously to use polyester batting. It provides the lofty look of comforters that so many people equate with quilts, but does not shrink at all in the wash (unlike cotton).
Yes, that is true. Some of my earlier quilts had polyester batting and after washing, they still had a 'new' look.