acatually to get it into this country it is sprayed with several pesticides..all of which are known carcinogens!

so if it gets bugs...then that fabric has been unwrapped and left sitting in a moisture filled room, like most fabric stores, and the pesticides no longer work on bugs, but will still be released into the air when cut into!

Jenny Beyer fabrics come with instructions to wash before using. Go figure.

never wash first

I pre-wash everything because I am allergic to the chemicals they use in the manufacturing process. I dry on hangers so the fabric doesn't lose the sizing.

sizing is CHEAP...wash the fabric press, cut and size...simple steps to avoid major disasters later!

Look, if you want to spend your time washing and ironing fabric fine. But please don't insist everybody else has to. I've been quilting for over 10 years and I quit spending my time washing and ironing fabric. Not a problem yet.

I don't believe I stated that everyone HAS to do anything...

I have been quilting for quite a few years and working in the textile industry longer! I just prefer working properly with my fabric. I do not make quilts that take $300 in materials and $1,000 or more in labor just to take a chance on it being ruined over being LAX about how it was done.

Why can't washing, ironing, Prepping your fabric be just as much a part of the process as sending it off to be machine quilted?

I know, to each their own...but some are not taught that the fabric preperation is really an important part of the process!

Personally I felt the way you stated that, it was practically an order.

It's interesting to me that a common reply on this thread can be summed up as "I never used to pre-wash until I had a problem..."

Me too.