Originally Posted by
stankimay
I don’t know one thing about quilting but I made an account just to tell you absolutely never ever ever ever ever use dawn or ANY dish soap on fabrics!!! Soak in oxygen bleach. You can use some many safe options for your fabrics but dish soap is not one of them. I know this is old but this dish soap thing is big time miss information. Look up the laundry guy he’s great!
Don't know the laundry guy but I think he's a bit misinformed. I've used Dawn on fabrics many times and it has never damaged anything. It made to use on bare hands. If its doesn't harm skin, I seriously doubt it would harm fabrics other than perhaps overly fragile antique fabric.