Originally Posted by
Stitchnripper
I am not a prewasher or preshrinker or a starcher. I do test pieces of suspect fabrics for bleeding. My quilts turn out fine. Some of them are bigger pieces and some are smaller. What am I missing?
I'm not sure. I'm not a pre-washer either. I do use starch or BestPress on fabrics before I do any cutting so I guess that shrinks it enough. I had more trouble with blocks being too small before I started using 50 or 60 wt thread.