New quilt for a gift--to wash or not to wash?
#21
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I always pre wash my fabrics and I wash the quilts before giving them away. It helps hide my imperfect hand stitches where I stitched the back of the binding on! If the quilt comes out really wrinkled, I will run a steam iron over it.
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wash it, dryer till damp, then spread it out to block it, then fold it and place in carry bag made of muslin usually and a care label on the bag and made by label on the quilt! PS, you are also supposed to sleep under a new quilt before you give it away..it fills it with love! Just sayin!
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wash it, dryer till damp, then spread it out to block it, then fold it and place in carry bag made of muslin usually and a care label on the bag and made by label on the quilt! PS, you are also supposed to sleep under a new quilt before you give it away..it fills it with love! Just sayin!
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Cheers, K
#28
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I pre-wash my fabrics and then heavily starch. So I always wash before giving the gift to make sure all the starch is out. Also to make sure I haven't left something unfinished. Also removed pet hairs and dust from just sitting when I have to work. Everyone thinks I work really hard to get the antique look to the quilt.
#29
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I'm sorry but after I finish a quilt, I'm just too chicken to wash it! I always prewash my fabric before I sew with it anyway. I might go over it with a lint roller to get all the stray threads off, but I leave it to the recipient to deal with runny colors.
#30
I don't think I have ever washed a finished quilt I always prewash my fabric as I do not like working with all those chemicals I have 3 battings I use soft and white --warm and natural or hobbs 80/20 and I always put my batting in the washer we fairly warm water let it sit and soak at least 15 min. then spin and dry that has always been the safest way for me and I use to make quilts for shows but have given that up now
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