Before gifting a baby quilt do you wash it?
03-08-2014, 06:25 PM
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I wash them first too so I can inspect the quilt for any bad seams or threads - I learned this when I made some of my first quilts - if you don't wash there is a chance that some of the seams will pull and you won't know if you don't wash first.
03-08-2014, 10:31 PM
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I'm still making my first baby quilt. After seeing how much new fabrics shrink I now pre-wash my fabrics and I'll be washing the finished quilt for many of the reasons already stated.
I want the quilt to be used to death.
There was a thread here a few days ago showing some open seams after washing a new quilt. Washing and inspecting after the wash seems like a good idea after seeing that.
I want the quilt to arrive in it's finished form, already shrunk and wrinkled so the mother will know she didn't (and can't) hurt it by washing it. Not washing it could lead to false expectations for how it should look. A perfectly flat, crisp quilt looks good but doesn't stay that way for long if you use it. I want the mother to know she can just throw it in the wash with other stuff and not worry about it. I also want it to arrive as clean as I can make it. We have dogs and I sew in the living room so there is a good possibility it will get dog hair on it as I make it. They also have dogs so there's a good possibility it'll get dog hair on it shortly after it arrives too, but at least it won't be from my dogs.
Rodney
I want the quilt to be used to death.
There was a thread here a few days ago showing some open seams after washing a new quilt. Washing and inspecting after the wash seems like a good idea after seeing that.
I want the quilt to arrive in it's finished form, already shrunk and wrinkled so the mother will know she didn't (and can't) hurt it by washing it. Not washing it could lead to false expectations for how it should look. A perfectly flat, crisp quilt looks good but doesn't stay that way for long if you use it. I want the mother to know she can just throw it in the wash with other stuff and not worry about it. I also want it to arrive as clean as I can make it. We have dogs and I sew in the living room so there is a good possibility it will get dog hair on it as I make it. They also have dogs so there's a good possibility it'll get dog hair on it shortly after it arrives too, but at least it won't be from my dogs.
Rodney
03-09-2014, 07:09 PM
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03-10-2014, 03:50 AM
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03-10-2014, 07:50 PM
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Interesting. I soak my fabrics inhot water before cutting them. Then wash the finished quilt before it leaves my custody.
I have always assumed that babies are leaky creatures - and that whoever is goong to do the laundry probably isnot going to remember do do any special care.
The only things I fear for the quilts I have made are bleach, burns, and tears.
I have always assumed that babies are leaky creatures - and that whoever is goong to do the laundry probably isnot going to remember do do any special care.
The only things I fear for the quilts I have made are bleach, burns, and tears.
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