Originally Posted by
Rhonda K
Af fiend had a queen sized quilt shrink about 7 inches after washing. She was disappointed as it didn’t fit the bed like she wanted.
Agree to pre wash fabrics to get the shrinkage issues out of the way.
Interesting, on the shrinkage. I don't pre-wash any of my quilting fabric. I prefer to use it with the orginial sizing or stiffness. I guess with the shrinkage, that's what makes the quilt get that old fashioned quilt look. A look I happen to like.
I knew that there is shrinkage, but never gave it a thought of how much measurable shrinkage there is. Now that she has mentioned it, I'll probably overthink it for every quilt I make.
Wonderful!
I'm just going to tell her to expect some amount of shrinkage and see what she thinks. I'm sure different cotton fabric shrinks differently, probably based on the amount of dyes used etc., on top of the batting shrinkage, so there is no way to give an exact amount of shrinkage overall.