Oh boy what a mistake by me!!
05-20-2017, 07:49 PM
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Yes, finish your quilt! The sample you washed and shrunk wasn't attached to batting and backing and quilted, so you are comparing apples and oranges.
You don't need to stress about this anymore. Just quilt it and be done. It will be fine. I use mixtures of prewashed and not prewashed fabrics all the time and you would never know which was which after the first wash.
You don't need to stress about this anymore. Just quilt it and be done. It will be fine. I use mixtures of prewashed and not prewashed fabrics all the time and you would never know which was which after the first wash.
05-20-2017, 07:51 PM
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I do like the brown instead of green.
A lot of people on here have said they never pre-wash fabrics unless it is a color known to bleed. So my point is - how would they know if a fabric in their finished quilt will shrink or not? A child's quilt I certainly would not spend all the time needed to rip it out. Just me.
A lot of people on here have said they never pre-wash fabrics unless it is a color known to bleed. So my point is - how would they know if a fabric in their finished quilt will shrink or not? A child's quilt I certainly would not spend all the time needed to rip it out. Just me.
05-21-2017, 03:34 AM
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Me, too! I don't prewash unless I suspect possible bleeding--use a color catcher. Proceed as usual without regard to what you think is shrinkage. I'm a hand quilter and I'd stitch 1/4" inside the seam to stabilize the brown. Don't fret on the "dense quilting". Also I almost always use poly batting. I like the puff and I have had no problems with any issues suggested here. This is a cute quilt. Finish it and find something else to worry about! Love it, dear.
05-21-2017, 06:56 AM
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
"............ I think if you heavy quilt it, you can get it stabilized. I wouldn't go with SITD, as that would leave the open areas more apt to show the shrinkage.
Instead head towards some sort of an all over pattern, where the stitching will cross the seam lines as well as stabilize the fabric...................."
Instead head towards some sort of an all over pattern, where the stitching will cross the seam lines as well as stabilize the fabric...................."
05-21-2017, 07:08 AM
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I use washed and unwashed fabric all the time in quilts and never have a problem. Once they are sewn together and quilted everything is fine.
The crinkled look after washing comes from the cotton batting shrinking and not the fabric. If you don't like that look use a different batting.
The crinkled look after washing comes from the cotton batting shrinking and not the fabric. If you don't like that look use a different batting.
05-21-2017, 08:25 AM
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I say quilt and go for it. I use washed and unwashed together all the time. And thankfully, no major problems. And, I don't quilt heavily. I like my quilts soft and squishy.
And, Love the switch to dark brown. It really does POP the dinosaurs.
I hope it comes out great!!
And, Love the switch to dark brown. It really does POP the dinosaurs.
I hope it comes out great!!
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