Onebyone

My quilting friend was over today and I was quilting in the ditch on the long seams across and down on a quilt. I trimmed the batting and backing and stay stitched around the quilt. I then put in the washer. My friend was like What? I said I want to get the basting spray out of the quilt before doing the main quilting on it. She said you can't do that. My reasoning is I want the quilt layers loose. I machine quilt and press with starch to get the quilt very stiff before quilting it and the spray will cause wrinkles when pressed. Works for me. She said I have never heard of anyone washing a quilt then quilting it. LOL