Question for those of you who prewash fabric
#4
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I just throw it in the washer with hot water and regular cycle and dry it on high. I want it to do whatever it's going to do before I use it in a quilt. I don't like to baby it.
I also throw a color catcher or two in the wash so I can see if there's any bleeding.
I also throw a color catcher or two in the wash so I can see if there's any bleeding.
#5
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This is my method too, except in the rare case of using a precut, I wash by hand and air dry on a hangar to minimize fraying.
#9
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I toss fabric into the washer when I bring it home ( if I'm going to prewash it) then into the dryer. I don't prewash everything, I prewash if a fabric feels funky, smells funky, is loosely woven or might bleed. I feel to deal with any of those issues the machine is needed. I do not prewash precuts, if I had one I worried might bleed I would check it ( by hand) if it was a bleeder I just wouldn't use it except in a project that would not be laundered.
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