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Hello, and welcome from Idaho!
Your question is one that has been debated over and over. It seems to be a matter of your personal preference and also whether you want it to shrink at all after it is completed. |
Welcome!
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Hello & Welcome from New York! :)
I don't prewash... but I wash finished quilts. |
Welcome from Tx! Im with S D G..If you wash it first, it is a mess coming out of the dryer, you have to trim all the threads and press, press, I wash my quilt when I'm done, no mess! Haven't had any problems!
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Hello and welcome from Ontario. I wash my fabrics as I go to use them. If I am only washing a yard or two for a certain project I will wash other fabrics of like colours and then I mark them as washed before I put them back into the stash closet.
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Welcome from southeast PA! I no longer prewash.
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no, not all of us do this...i made my first quilt in 1976...over the years i have pre=washed fabric, on occassion...i decide by the fabric itself. Batiks tend to bleed, if i am using them in a quilt with any other fabric i pre-wash them and make sure they are not going to bleed. if i am using all batiks and they are all similar in color i don't worry about it. if it is red, i color test; if the fabric feels--weird--or has an odor...i prewash; but 95% of the time i do not pre=wash ... and have made some pretty good quilts. i do always wash my finished quilts as soon as the binding is on. i wash them and dry them in my machines if they fit, i go to the laundramat for bigger machines if they are too big for mine. they come out so soft and fluffy! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Originally Posted by pledig
Hi! I am completely new to quilting, haven't even started with my first. I just retired and it's something I've always wanted to do. I have been reading and reading and looking. I am so inspired by all the beautiful, magnificent and intricate work I have seen displayed in this forum. All of you are amazing!
I am going to start small and see if this is something I can really do and really enjoy. I'm going to make some potholders, then graduate to placemats and then go for it if all goes well. I have a very elementary question, I'm sure, so I need help. Some of the reading I have done says to wash my fabric the minute I bring it home from the shop and then iron. Is this required? Do all of you do this? Thanks for the feedback. |
This is a personal preference. I do not wash my fabric before creating a top. You will do very well, I am sure, and will love this addiction (smile).
Welcome from Iowa. |
Welcome from Georgia
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Hello from Western Maryland !!
I don't prewash either. |
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