Getting ready to cut up some thrift store shirts for a quilt and am wondering should I prewash the shirts. Kinda think that I should but wouldn't they have already be washed and shrunk?

Sheila

YES!!!!! You don't know what germs, pet hair, and what-not are on them.

Good point! Dang it, really wanted to get sewing now, LOL!

Thrift store stuff goes straight to the washer at my house, and a nice hot dryer.

I prewash almost everything before cutting it.

Minimizes unpleasant surprises later.

Things I buy at the thrift store never make it past the laundry room until they have been washed and dried.

Yes always wash first. Never know were it has been. Plus who is touching it. Plus you never buy used shoes from thrift stores.

Deffinatelly YES!!!

Ditto ... straight from my car to the washer when I come home.

Likewise, even new fabric goes right to the washer.

This way I know everything in my home has been washed and is ready to cut when the notion strikes me!

Me Too! Out of the bag, straight into the washer....