Pressing finished quilts?
#5
I like to have it pressed in order to quilt it. You don't want to stitch the wrinkles in. After its quilted and bound I then wash it to get all those wrinkles back in. I prewash fabric there fore there aren't many wrinkles after its washed. If you like the wrinkled shabby sheik then don't wash any fabric before making the quilt.
#9
Originally Posted by 0tis
Ditto - I wash - then look for oops - like missed seams or places where the thread is loose - then I usually press so it doesn't look like I wadded it up...
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i press my quilt top when it is all put together- before quilting-
i ALWAYS wash every quilt when the binding is done- that way if anything at all happens (a loose seam, a color run, a snag, a pucker, a hole---anything---i am the one to find it and fix it. i would never want to give someone a quilt and have them wash it first- if anything happened they would be devestated- stressed out- hurt- any number of things.
i ALWAYS wash every quilt when the binding is done- that way if anything at all happens (a loose seam, a color run, a snag, a pucker, a hole---anything---i am the one to find it and fix it. i would never want to give someone a quilt and have them wash it first- if anything happened they would be devestated- stressed out- hurt- any number of things.
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