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07-08-2020, 03:41 PM

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Karuna

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Originally Posted by RedGarnet222

Please do yourself a favor and pre wash those fabrics before starting the quilt. Linen can run colors badly in the wash with the deeper colors. White vinegar in the rinse water helps stop it and set the color. Also, it can shrink. It depends on the weave of the fabric how much.

Thank you - yes, the linen has been washed in detergent on hot water and dried in a hot dryer - no colors ran although I did wash the darks separately from the brights. Didn't use vinegar because I once was gifted linen sheets that were "softened" in vinegar and only 2 years later, they were very thin and had multiple holes/rips in them - from Restoration Hardware

I've sewn linen clothing but never a linen quilt and this is heavy weight (8.5 oz) belgian linen with 11,500 rubs, so maybe won't get the holes that the linen sheets did