Originally Posted by
bearisgray
P.S. Read the instructions. Some battings should not be washed before they are quilted.
Found the instructions - it says no washing until after it's covered - in the project. It does say you can soak to pre-shrink - but I don't want it to shrink at all if I can avoid it - I LOVE the way cotton batting shrinks up in the quilt with the 1st wash after quilting. I love the finished crinkled look and it hides my mistakes.
The piece I am using is pretty big - about 90" x 80" so if I soaked it in cold vinegar water it would be very hard to manage and get dry. I would like to avoid that.
I'm thinking of trying to blot the stains with a little vinegar-water mix. If it is mildew I would like to see it die before I encase it in the quilt. The quilt is black/gray and yellow so the stains shouldn't show, I just don't want the mildew to spread when washed and used.