I always just wash my quilt before gifting it and throw it in the dryer with the usual settings. I usually just make bed quilts. I then tell the person I have given it to that I already have washed and dried it on normal settings, and they are free to wash and dry it. I do want my quilts to be used. I have made a few wall hangings and hanging quilts and on those I put in a hanging sleeve and caution against washing them in the usual manner. I made one quilt that was intended as a bed quilt but the person deemed it too special and it just sits in a closet. So, I made them more quilts but made sure they were plain ugly ones so they would use them!