Originally Posted by
Nanachar
Thank you all for your reply. Now I am wondering if you all prewash in warm, hot or cold water.
I generally pre-wash in water somewhere between medium and hot. (My machine has 10 temperature settings, I use #7) I'm not sure if the temperature really matters, but I figure that's the hottest water I'm likely to wash a completed quilt in, so that's what I use for the fabric too.
Exception would be for fabric intended for baby quilts - I assume those are going to suffer accidents that require occasional hot water washes, so I do all my pre-washing of the fabric and of the completed quilt on the hottest setting, just to make sure it's going to stand up to that sort of treatment. If I decide to use already pre-washed fabric from my stash in a baby quilt, I don't re-wash it though.