Your Experience with unwashed flannel
09-05-2013, 06:18 PM
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UPDATE: I took two identical pieces (cut from shirt patterns). I soaked one piece in hot water and then ironed it dry.
There appears to be no shrinkage in the piece. I feel confident the scraps do not need to be prewashed. The flannel is a very good quality, nice and firmly woven.
There appears to be no shrinkage in the piece. I feel confident the scraps do not need to be prewashed. The flannel is a very good quality, nice and firmly woven.
09-05-2013, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Holice
The local Fabric Pantry (fabric for charity) received a very large bag of flannel cuttings from a factory making men's flannel shirts. They are factory cuttings and all sizes. I plan on making crazy quilt type blocks from them mixed with squares that we will be able to cut from the larger pieces or bolt flannel.
We can't prewash the scraps. What has been your experience making quilts if the flannel will not be prewshed and shrunk especially if the blocks are made from stips and pieces as in string quilts. Will it help to spritz and steam the pieces before sewing.
We can't prewash the scraps. What has been your experience making quilts if the flannel will not be prewshed and shrunk especially if the blocks are made from stips and pieces as in string quilts. Will it help to spritz and steam the pieces before sewing.
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