I have been sloppy and hap-hazzard with my work until this year. I had the come-what-may 'I'm just learning' attitude. I have been very very lucky. Nothing has been ruined, but I may now know why some of my quilts were square before I washed the finished quilt and not square after I washed the finished quilt.
I have been converted and will be washing everything as it comes in the door.