How do I wash this huge quilt?
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I'm sewing the binding on my granddaughter's king size wedding quilt so I'm thinking about how to wash and dry it before I send it to her. It is huge..... 124" x 124" and whenever I've washed a quilt in my washer (cold, gentle setting) and dried it in the dryer (cool) the quilt balls up and I have to readjust it several times. I figure I'll have to go to a laundramat and use a jumbo sized washer but How do I dry it? I'd have to stand at the dryer and readjust the quilt a million times. I don't have a clothesline outside and did I say it's huge?
ps.... any suggestions on soap? I think the Tide I usually use would be too harsh.
Thanks for your suggestions.
ps.... any suggestions on soap? I think the Tide I usually use would be too harsh.
Thanks for your suggestions.
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Its a beautiful quilt.
I do just as you said.
I take each quilt to the laundrymat and use the jumbo front loaders (and throw in a couple color catchers). And I stop the dryer every couple minutes to un-roll it.
I use Dreft detergent. I figure if it gets baby items clean it'll get a quilt clean, and it's gentle.
I do just as you said.
I take each quilt to the laundrymat and use the jumbo front loaders (and throw in a couple color catchers). And I stop the dryer every couple minutes to un-roll it.
I use Dreft detergent. I figure if it gets baby items clean it'll get a quilt clean, and it's gentle.
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I use regular laundry detergent on my quilts all the time. If you didn't pre-wash your fabrics and are concerned about bleeding I'd toss in a couple of color catchers. I use warm water, perm. press cycle. I dry in my regular dryer on the perm. press setting as well. I just adjust as necessary to get the whole thing dry. I'd rather be home doing that and multi-tasking with sewing or whatever than sitting at the laudramat for however long it's going to take and feeding that many quarters/dollars into a machine.
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