Do you wash wall hanging quilts? or show quilts?
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Do you wash wall hanging quilts? or show quilts?
I have seen on several different places about placing the finished quilts in water and rinsing them, then drying flat to block it. If I don't have marks to remove, is this necessary?
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I never wash my wall hangings. I have a smoke free home. I just throw them in the dryer with a bounce dryer sheet. Quilts that I make to enter in a Juryed Show I do not wash either. I should also say I do not pre-wash my fabric.
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I always pre-wash my fabrics. And if I want the quilt to have that crinkly look, I will wash it. Don't usually wash wallhangings - just toss them in the dryer to freshen them up when I switch them out, and then press them with Best Press before I re-hang them.
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