didn't I look for information before I did it????? I just spent weeks making a paper pieced Hunter's Star quilt top (3rd quilt ever). Spent all day removing the paper and THEN I washed it!!! Yep, I don't know why I felt the need to, but it frayed to the point of being unusable! Bwaaah! All the information on this board and all I had to do was look!
Just needed to vent!

Barb

Ohhhhh No, that's a Super Bummer !!

:( So sorry

I am so sorry!! (((HUGS)))

I'm really sorry to hear that. We live and we learn, unfortunately sometimes when we don't need the lesson.

That really is sad, I'm so sorry! All your hard work, can nothing be saved?

OMG, how awful. What do you think caused the fabric to do that?

Betty

It's generally not advisable to wash a pieced top before quilting. The only way it can be safely done is to first baste the top to a foundation fabric, and then hand wash.

Yuck!! I hate that happened!!

oh you poor thing... couldn't you just Cry? nonetheless, you now have a lot of experience under your belt - no washing machine can take That away. blessings...

Aw, I am so sorry!

Thanks everyone. It was a hard lesson learned, but definitely learned, nonetheless. :cry:

Sorry that happened after all your hard work...wish it could be saved...or maybe you could use parts of it that are ok and make some pillows...or teddy bears...or something??

That's a very hard and sad lesson to learn! So sorry.

Ouch!!! that must hurt. lessons learned the hard way stick with us though. :(

some times we have those homer simpson moments. we just have to move on after a good cry.

I hate that when that happens. I so sorry to hear this. Good news, it gives you an opportunity to make another quilt - Yeah!!! :D

Oh my days ! That's awful - so sorry .

Sorry :(

Learn and live.

Sometimes we just HAVE to check things out for ourselves before we believe what others have to say about the subject.

So sorry :(