to wash or not to wash? That is the question.
02-08-2010, 08:35 AM
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I do usually pre-wash as I mainly hand quilt, but I did not pre-wash the last one I made as I thought that as the cotton batting was likely to shrink then the fabrics would shrink with it. This worked out well actually and I was very pleased with the result, but the hand quilting was more difficult as the fabric had not been softened by pre-washing.
02-09-2010, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
i wash everything in the hottest water it can stand. even hotter. than i dry in the hottest. let it shrink now. do you think it would work with humans, too?
02-09-2010, 05:47 AM
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Well here is another question. I'm in the home stretch of finishing the baby quilt I started a few months ago and I thought before I gave it to the mother to be I'd have it dry cleaned or washed before I gave it to her. It's had a long road of being toted back and forth. Any thoughts on this?
02-09-2010, 05:56 AM
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Oh Butterflywing, for the past 20 years I've been soaking myself in the hottest water and I haven't shrunk the least bit, LOL!
Sewing fabrics without prewashing does make piecing go much easier but sometimes you need to think of who the quilt is for.
I prewash for baby quilts and for the pillowcases that I make for kids in hospitals, I also give the fabric an extra rinse and don't use softner when drying the fabric. May in Jersey
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Sewing fabrics without prewashing does make piecing go much easier but sometimes you need to think of who the quilt is for.
I prewash for baby quilts and for the pillowcases that I make for kids in hospitals, I also give the fabric an extra rinse and don't use softner when drying the fabric. May in Jersey
!
02-09-2010, 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by DannyValentine
Well here is another question. I'm in the home stretch of finishing the baby quilt I started a few months ago and I thought before I gave it to the mother to be I'd have it dry cleaned or washed before I gave it to her. It's had a long road of being toted back and forth. Any thoughts on this?
02-09-2010, 06:34 AM
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Reading about the reds bleeding made me really nervous but if it says "pre-shrunk", doesn't that mean it's been washed before it was put on the bolt? This was a bolt of red that my mother bought back in the 60's. I haven't seen "pre-shrunk" on anything that's sold nowadays.
02-09-2010, 06:37 AM
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I prewash most of my fabric. I unfold to 4 thickness's and pin with large safety pins at the corners and wash. Keeps the fabric from getting all twisted together. I lay it out and trim off the ravelings and hang it on the line to dry. It is less wrinkled and twisted than the dryer.
02-09-2010, 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by obxqwlter
I NEVER wash...If I did I would never get any quilting done. Plus I like the stiffness of the sizing and the puckered look after washing.
My best story is a quilt I made a few years back. It was a signature quilt with white white for the sig block and 25 different reds some of which "bled" on my hands while sewing. I am a tried and true fan of Shout® Color Catcher®. I usually throw a few in with any quilt...they work like a charm...and on my red project there was NO pink on my white!
My best story is a quilt I made a few years back. It was a signature quilt with white white for the sig block and 25 different reds some of which "bled" on my hands while sewing. I am a tried and true fan of Shout® Color Catcher®. I usually throw a few in with any quilt...they work like a charm...and on my red project there was NO pink on my white!
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