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12-13-2010, 04:43 PM
#111
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
Posts: 4,820
Originally Posted by kakels
I'm a very new quilter. My teacher says to soak fabric in salt water to set the dye, then pre wash. I'm still taking classes, so I follow directions. :)
12-13-2010, 05:06 PM
#115
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: currently central new jersey
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i wash all fabrics that come into my house. i don't trust them not to shrink, bleed, twist, have bugs or chemical odors. i don't like surprises after the quilt is done.
i like crinkly quilts for sleeping under, but since i don't prewash batting (that comes in a package) that will shrink and pull up the cotton to create the crinkles.
i starch my fabric almost to death, so that when i cut, it lays there as still as a stone. it's actually newer looking than new and much cleaner.
if the fabric is a color i don't trust, which is almost every primary color, i use retayne. i think it's better than color catchers, imo.
i wash, then fold. i don't press until i need that piece. i store in clear plastic containers.
when i die, there will be a million yards of clean fabric in my basement, waiting to be pressed.
i like crinkly quilts for sleeping under, but since i don't prewash batting (that comes in a package) that will shrink and pull up the cotton to create the crinkles.
i starch my fabric almost to death, so that when i cut, it lays there as still as a stone. it's actually newer looking than new and much cleaner.
if the fabric is a color i don't trust, which is almost every primary color, i use retayne. i think it's better than color catchers, imo.
i wash, then fold. i don't press until i need that piece. i store in clear plastic containers.
when i die, there will be a million yards of clean fabric in my basement, waiting to be pressed.
12-13-2010, 05:26 PM
#120
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Augusta, Maine
Posts: 666
You want to be careful of some colors though if you don't prewash, like reds, teals, burgandy's, they usually run. I always bring my fabric home and put it in the laundry basket. I hated to for years but had one run on me and I learned my lesson.
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