Cathe

Moda shrinks a LOT. And as you saw, it shrinks in one direction. Nice fabric, but you have to prewash it.

I wash/preshrink cotton batting except when I want that puckery look.

butterflywing

i had a terrible time with fuzzies from machine drying 80/20 good quality batting. i dried it with a wet washcloth and i used it but i was not a happy camper. it makes me fearful of washing batting in advance. i use king battings. how would you suggest i pre-shrink them without stretching them out of shape or have them stick together or getting all pilly?

Cathe

I soak it in the washer, not agitating, then spin it out. Then I throw it in the dryer.

If my batting is going to misbehave, I want to know about it before I put it into a quilt!

butterflywing

in my case, it was the dryer that done me wrong. spinning it around would make it stick together, wouldn't it? wouldn't it thin out some of the areas due to the weight of the water?

Cathe

Not after you have spun it dry. When a warm'n natural batting is soaked and spun out, it really isn't very heavy at all.

butterflywing

okay. i'll try it on your say-so. but if i end up with a tangled mess, i'll have to hunt you down and hurt you :lol: :lol:

when you dry it in the dryer, what's the procedure?

amma

I think that the charms sold on ebay are prewashed yardage individuals cut up into charms. Charm kits sold by manufacturers are sold unwashed the same as their yardage.

butterflywing

amma, if they're prewashed shouldn't they be safer than unwashed straight from the manufacturer?