Washing Fabric before use.
#61
I wash very little. If it is a red or black or dark green I usually get it wet in hot water to see if it is going to run, if it does I throw it in the washer. I damp dry the fabric and then starch it before I use it. I have had very few newer fabrics run but some of the older ones have.
#64
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Do you realize dry cleaning is applying harmful chemicals to your quilt? And when your quilts are placed on beds the chemicals are getting on the bed? As well as on the hands of everyone that touches the quilt? Not only are these chemicals toxic to everything they touch they are also harsh to the fabrics.
#66
Originally Posted by Lou Lou
Is it a must to wash all fabric before making quilts? I do some but others I don't. What is your thinking on this.
There are also non-health related reasons why I always wash my fabric and it comes down to the same reasons most everyone else does - to shrink the fabric back into its original shape and to make sure none of the dyes will run after the quilt is made.
I have lots of friends who prewash their fabrics and lots of friends who don't. So far no quilt police have come to arrest anyone from either side. ;)
#67
I have a friend who imports from Bali and I buy many pieces from her and they always smell. She says they are fumigated 3 separate times, once before going on the ship, twice coming off the ship and many times when we unwrap we find dead bugs. I wash these in warm water, rinse in cold water, re-rinse in warm water and hang to dry. I never dry in a dryer as some of these pieces are too delicate for that heat.
#68
Originally Posted by hobo2000
I have a friend who imports from Bali and I buy many pieces from her and they always smell. She says they are fumigated 3 separate times, once before going on the ship, twice coming off the ship and many times when we unwrap we find dead bugs. I wash these in warm water, rinse in cold water, re-rinse in warm water and hang to dry. I never dry in a dryer as some of these pieces are too delicate for that heat.
#69
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Originally Posted by pieces
Do you realize dry cleaning is applying harmful chemicals to your quilt? And when your quilts are placed on beds the chemicals are getting on the bed? As well as on the hands of everyone that touches the quilt? Not only are these chemicals toxic to everything they touch they are also harsh to the fabrics.
#70
I always prewash my fabric in hot water in my sink and add a 1/4 cup of vingar no matter what never know when you might have shrinkage. Vingar sets the dye or at least stops the excess dye from bleeding to much. I have gotten into washing each fabric piece seperate.
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