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I just finished handquilting two queen size quilts. The first one is a raffle quilt and the second was for the sweet old lady at the senior center who donated three of her hand pieced and appliqued quilts to the center for their fund raising raffles. I washed both of them to get the markings out that I used in the quilting process. I then threw them in my dryer. I ended up pressing the old lady's quilt from the back as it wasn't quite dry and I wanted to make sure it didn't mildew. I didn't want to overdry it. Both of them came out beautifully.
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
I usually wash them all to get rid of the cat fur, etc.
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my quilts turn out fine after washing - but I wash the fabrics before cutting them and the quilt was fairly "true" before I washed it. I've learned to let the fabric do what it wants to once it's been washed.
maybe some of the antique ones need to be reshaped -
maybe some of the antique ones need to be reshaped -
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Originally Posted by sandiphi
And then after washing it, do you block off the quilt so that it is square again? Does your quilt come out square after washing it?
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Originally Posted by crkathleen
I do. Just incase for some reason a seam comes apart or there's color issues. (I learned that from experience...ouch! haha)
Me too, for the same reasons. More to see if any of the seam come apart. :oops:
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