Wall Art Quilting - Do you need to prewash the fabrics?
Wall Art Quilting - Do you need to prewash the fabrics?
02-21-2019, 01:11 PM
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Hi Kiki! Welcome to the Quilt Board! 
The whole don't wash or prewash is simply a personal preference, and you'll hear lot's of pro's & con's. The nice thing is it's your quilt, you can do it however you want, no quilt police here! That being said, since it's going on the wall you shouldn't have to worry about shrinkage, I don't think you have to prewash.
The whole don't wash or prewash is simply a personal preference, and you'll hear lot's of pro's & con's. The nice thing is it's your quilt, you can do it however you want, no quilt police here! That being said, since it's going on the wall you shouldn't have to worry about shrinkage, I don't think you have to prewash.
02-22-2019, 06:20 AM
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At the very least I would test the fabric you plan to use for bleeding. Looking forward to when you quilt, you may want the option of marking and if you use a water soluble marker you will need to wet it to get the marks out. it is pretty distressing when you are all the way done and you spray your quilt with water to remove the markings and having your fabric bleed.
Also if your wall hanging will use fusible web for raw edge fusible applique, many factory applied sizings will impair the fusible from fusing properly. This is especially true of Mistyfuse brand fusible. The fusible will not fuse properly. The only way to remove the factory sizing is to prewash.
Also if your wall hanging will use fusible web for raw edge fusible applique, many factory applied sizings will impair the fusible from fusing properly. This is especially true of Mistyfuse brand fusible. The fusible will not fuse properly. The only way to remove the factory sizing is to prewash.
02-23-2019, 06:49 AM
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This is very interesting to me. I seldom use fusible anything b/c I can't make it work right, but I also almost never prewash (though I almost always check for bleeding). Next time I try a fusible I will prewash and see if that makes any difference.
At the very least I would test the fabric you plan to use for bleeding. Looking forward to when you quilt, you may want the option of marking and if you use a water soluble marker you will need to wet it to get the marks out. it is pretty distressing when you are all the way done and you spray your quilt with water to remove the markings and having your fabric bleed.
Also if your wall hanging will use fusible web for raw edge fusible applique, many factory applied sizings will impair the fusible from fusing properly. This is especially true of Mistyfuse brand fusible. The fusible will not fuse properly. The only way to remove the factory sizing is to prewash.
Also if your wall hanging will use fusible web for raw edge fusible applique, many factory applied sizings will impair the fusible from fusing properly. This is especially true of Mistyfuse brand fusible. The fusible will not fuse properly. The only way to remove the factory sizing is to prewash.
02-23-2019, 10:33 AM
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When I started quilting in 1992 I knew nothing and did not feel the need to wash something which was not dirty. So, I sort of fell into the not pre-washing group. I have made many wall hangings in machine applique and they came out just fine. This is one I gave Jim for Christmas a few years ago.
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