Should I prewash fat eighths?
#13
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: northern minnesota
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my go to technique for washing smaller pieces is to serge the edges and throw in the washing machine and dryer...yep...I know I will lose some fabric but mot likely to be much more than what I would lose anyway by straightening the edges. I get a bit leary of gentle means of prewashing, cuz, I'm not sure if that method would shrink or test the colorfastness of a regular washing machine. I usually toss in a few of those color sheets in the wash too. If there is a lot of color on them, I will rewash and not use the fabric if warranted.
#14
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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Thank you for all your responses. I like the idea of the salad spinner, but with about 70 fat eighths I don't have the patience. I ended up putting them in the washer on gentle and then the dryer. They did ravel a bit more than I hoped they would but it really isn't a big deal. It's not like like lost inches of fabric. Now to iron them all . . . .