Originally Posted by
hisgrace1
Beautiful....When you use flannel to you prewash? Do you use 1/2 seams....
I do not prewash any of my fabrics. When I use flannel, I still piece the blocks using 1/4" seams. This Turning Twenty is 100 x 100 with the 2 extra borders I put on, so I use 1" seams when I pieced the backing. I always wash my quilts after I have them quilted and the binding on. I tell my family/friends that I will always be willing to make quilts for them BUT only if they use them and NOT "save them"!! I have never had any fall apart yet and they have been washed/dried many times over. I will note that I only use LQS flannel so IMHO, this is the reason for very minimal shrinking and no bleeding when the quilt is washed/dried.