Minky question
 

Someone just told me that when you wash the Minky with the patterns ( dots/lines,etc ) the pattern comes out of it. Is this true - - anyone?

Hmmm...I’ll be curious too. I just finished FMQ a crib quilt with butter yellow minky for the backing which had little clouds and sheep in the minky design.

Nope. Minky washes very nicely

If you stop and think about it, if a manufacturer made a product that had a particular texture, color, pattern or weave to it, and it went away after washing they would have unhappy consumers, but they would also have wasted valuable time and resources to manufacture said product if all it was going to go away in a wash. Especially a product like minky, that is indeed 99.99%, of the time going to end up in the washer.

I agree with tallchick. Sure makes sense to me.

I bought some textured minky fabric to make a robe for my aunt. Before I gave the robe to my aunt, I washed and dried it to get all of the extra fuzz off. The texture washed away. It was just a soft, plain minky robe after that. I was certainly surprised and disappointed. My aunt loved the robe so that made me happy.

I like to use minky for backing and always wash my quilts before giving to anyone. Have never had the texture change at all. I've used minky or similar products, from name brands to HL and JA. Some have of the non-name-brand has been a little stretchier than name brand, but still works.

I think if it's truly Minky or a similar high grade fleece backing you are ok--but there are lots of fleeces out there that aren't that great.

The textured pattern is made with heat, so it you iron it with a hot enough iron it will disappear.

I'm of the notion that there are minky "lookalikes" out there that are not true Minky. I buy Shannon Minky.