Originally Posted by
Homespun
I wash all my quilts to check for loose seams, to remove stray threads and remove dyes, and check for bleeding fabrics.
I have been donated lots of fabric so never know where it has been. No animals to worry about hair!
I also always wash for same reasons, but mostly because I don't think a quilt looks as good as it does as after it is washed and dried and becomes "crinkly'!