starch unwashed fabric?
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Originally Posted by Johanna Fritz
Originally Posted by Kas
I only done a OBW without washing first and you aren't supposed to starch or wash those first.
I always wash. You may be tight on yardage, but why not add another color (complementary color - something from color wheel etc?) After you sew unwashed fabric you have 3 issues:
1. The sizing on unwashed fabric dulls your rotary blade.
2. When you wash after piecing, dyes may run.
3. When you wash after piecing, fabric may shrink unevenly- puckered or stretched seams possible.
4. Sizing can cause some rash on hands to some. If you give the quilt - baby for example, if you have not washed the fabrics and the new quilt owner doesn't either, the new owner can suffer rash issues - especially kids.
It only takes one quilt with hours of your time to have #2 & #3 above happen - what a nightmare. Nothing worse than having some shrink a little and some a lot - all in the same quilt. Yuck.
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Originally Posted by Lisa_wanna_b_quilter
Originally Posted by justwannaquilt
I don't prewash and I starch my fabric till it stands on its own. lol ok not THAT bad but it is pretty freakin stiff!
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