Thanks for all the replies. I hate prewashing and having to iron it before I cut anyway. This will save me a bit of time.
And thanks for the tip on the flannel. I have some character flannel to make something for my son. I'll definitely wash it. |
never prewash either
like the slight pucker when finished just too much work to wash and Iron all that fabric! |
I usually don't prewash my cotton fabrics, too much extra work straightening them out again! I also think fabric that isn't prewashed has more body and is easier to rotary cut. I do steam out my fabrics, and I test very dark colors and reds for colorfastness.
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I don't prewash jelly rolls. I might lose a lot of fabric.
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I prewash mine, but I have never washed a jelly roll, I think it might become a tangled mess!
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I pre-wash everything except pre-cut strips/squares. When I use those, I don't wash any part of the quilt top until it's finished. Then I baste muslin on the back to cover the seam allowances to catch loose threads and wash with color catchers. I'm nearly finished another top that has unwashed Bali Pops 2-1/2" strips in it, so it will get the muslin backing/color catcher/wash in the next few days.
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I always pre wash my fabrics. I am allergic to formaldhyde and need to wash the excess dye from the fabrics.
I have never purchased the 'jelly roll' so I am not sure about washing them. It seems they would become a tangled mess with a lot of raveling. Maybe placing them in a lingerie bag would solve these problems. (?) |
Originally Posted by Ardelle Coult
I never prewash anything except flannel. I wouldn't recommend prewashing jelly rolls. The newer fabrics just don't fade and shrink like the older fabrics from years ago To date I have never had a problem.
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I am totally confused. I prewash because I puchased some Kona cotton which was orange and I purchased some navy blue Kona. The bleed on the orange in places. So I had to get that out and then wash the blue two times before it would not bleed. All of this is 100% cotton.
I do not know what to do about the jelly rolls. I am like the ladies above, I would not wash it either. |
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I have made several scrappy quilts with a mix of washed and not washed fabrics. After it's done I wash the whole quilt and you can't tell which fabrics have been washed and which haven't.
I did a test doll quilt with unwashed and washed fabrics, just to make sure before I tried it on a bigger quilt, and you couldn't tell a difference. You might pre-test some of the deeper colors to make sure they aren't going to bleed, though. A lot of my scraps are from clothing projects, which I always prewash for, but then if I buy a FQ or charm pack, I usually don't prewash, which I why I have a mixture of washed and not washed fabrics, plus of course scraps others have given me, and I never know if they've been washed or not. |
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