merridancer

I tried prewashing wool batting and I just got holy wool. Didn't put it in anything. So how do you "shrink" your batting (before you stick it in a quilt)?

sueisallaboutquilts

I don't shrink batting but others do. I've never had problems using it as is.

Sadiemae

I read somewhere to spritz it with a water bottle, but I have never done this...

Lilrain

I always pre-wash my batting as I do not like that shrunken look to my finished quilts. But am I getting this right? it was wool batting?

Lilrain

I am not sure how to do that. Wool batting is not stable until quilted,

merridancer

How do you pre-shrink your cotton? Do you put it in something? What?

Scissor Queen

When I preshrink batting I fill the washer with hot water and stop it so it doesn't do anything. Then I push the batting down with a stick until it's all wet. I let it sit for about 10 to 15 minutes and then I turn it to spin.

Never let it agitate.

PiecesinMn

How to do this with a front loading washer????

Scissor Queen

As far as I know you don't. They don't fill with enough water to soak the batting for one thing and I don't know if you can disrupt the cycle to keep it from washing.

If I had a front loader I would either use Quilter's Dream Poly if I didn't want the crinkled look or I'd go to one of my friend's house and borrow her top loader.

kathy

do whatever it is you do do skip the agitation or rolling, I don't use any soap, just a hot or real warm soak, spin and dry.
I know from experience that you don't put wool in the dryer, of course it was already a quilt when I did it so my mom unquilted it for me so I could redo it.