I wash all my quilts before giving them away. The only two I didn't get to wash were my son's. As soon as they came off the machine he ran them up to his room. He loves the quilts I made for him.

It depends...
Though I usually wash and dry it.
Just to check seams and to give it that "puffy/home" look
K

I usually wash them all to get rid of the cat fur, etc.

I just finished handquilting two queen size quilts. The first one is a raffle quilt and the second was for the sweet old lady at the senior center who donated three of her hand pieced and appliqued quilts to the center for their fund raising raffles. I washed both of them to get the markings out that I used in the quilting process. I then threw them in my dryer. I ended up pressing the old lady's quilt from the back as it wasn't quite dry and I wanted to make sure it didn't mildew. I didn't want to overdry it. Both of them came out beautifully.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who needs to get rid of cat fur. I can't keep them off the quilts while I'm working on them. My sis always tells people her afghans have a little cat fur worked in for good luck. :D :D :D :D

And then after washing it, do you block off the quilt so that it is square again? Does your quilt come out square after washing it?

my quilts turn out fine after washing - but I wash the fabrics before cutting them and the quilt was fairly "true" before I washed it. I've learned to let the fabric do what it wants to once it's been washed.

maybe some of the antique ones need to be reshaped -

Purple Passion--Try a little shampoo on the grease spot or Dawn dishwashing liquid. Both remove grease from hair or dishes. As always pretest for colorfastness first. Good luck

Depends on its level of squareness before it got tossed in the washer. :lol: I have never had a quilt distort.

Me too, for the same reasons. More to see if any of the seam come apart. :oops: