To wash or not to wash.....
#31
Originally Posted by retired2pa
I'm curious....after you finish a project that will be given to someone, do you wash it first or just give it "new"? What if it's for a small child?
#32
Originally Posted by ksea
Can I ask why you stopped prewashing your fabric, I thought that was a golden rule. I have washed every yard of fabric that I have brought into my home for the last 5 years, and then spend hours and hours and hours ironing it.
#33
Originally Posted by ksea
Can I ask why you stopped prewashing your fabric, I thought that was a golden rule. I have washed every yard of fabric that I have brought into my home for the last 5 years, and then spend hours and hours and hours ironing it.
And even if I did prewash I wouldn't spend hours and hours ironing it all just to have to iron it again when I was ready to use it. Why iron twice? Plus new fabrics have a finish on them to help prevent fading.
#34
I do not wash, but for those of you who do wash, I have a question, You wash your top and backing fabric. So do you wash you batting? I use 100% cotton batting most of the time, so if your washing the top & backing (Preshrunk) and you don't wash your batting it is going to shrink and create puckers correct?
#35
I wash all my material before using and I wash my quilts when I finish them. I use the dissapering pens and the water wash out pens to do my marking and I want to be sure the ink is out of them.
The finished quilts is washed with just cold water and put in the dryer on permapress, not completely dry tho.
The finished quilts is washed with just cold water and put in the dryer on permapress, not completely dry tho.
#36
I prewash all my fabrics before I put them in my stash.
As for the quilts...
If they're machine appliqued...I wash as part of the process.
If I used a blue washout marker or pencil or starch...they're washed.
If it's for a baby...it's washed.
Other than that...unwashed.
As for the quilts...
If they're machine appliqued...I wash as part of the process.
If I used a blue washout marker or pencil or starch...they're washed.
If it's for a baby...it's washed.
Other than that...unwashed.
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