Why does everyone wash their quilt as soon as the last stitch is completed?

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06-20-2011, 07:23 AM

#71

carslo

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I wash the quilt with Color Catchers as I do not prewash my fabric, so that if the colors run I can catch them :)

Also all the other stated reasons.

06-20-2011, 07:28 AM

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Pete

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I keep reading that to dry the quilt you lay it out side on a sheet to dry flat. How do you keep the squirrels, birds, etc away?How do others dry them?

06-20-2011, 07:34 AM

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EagarBeez

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I don't wash mine, since they are all too big to do in my washer and I don't know about going to the laundromat, because, I never know what has been in those washers. I don't trust them. I do prewash fabric though

06-20-2011, 07:43 AM

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Ragann63

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Everyone doesn't. The only quilts I have ever washed after completing them are the ones for Downey Quilts for Kids. They require it for pet dander, smoking, etc... I like the crisp, new feeling, also!

06-20-2011, 07:58 AM

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Deborahlees

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete

I keep reading that to dry the quilt you lay it out side on a sheet to dry flat. How do you keep the squirrels, birds, etc away?How do others dry them?

not everyone can put outside to dry. In todays modern world the young women only know washer/dryer and/or dry clean...many do not even own an iron....so if it can't go into a washer delicate cycle and dryer low temp, I don't make it....

06-20-2011, 08:02 AM

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jljack

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Originally Posted by Holice

dust, oil from hands, pet hair etc etc etc

Yes, all of these, plus the others. I just like the smell of CLEAN, and sometimes fabrics have a smell of dye and sizing.

06-20-2011, 08:15 AM

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mjsylvstr

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I don't !!!!!!!!

06-20-2011, 08:20 AM

#78

barbarajean

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then how do you wash quilts? laundramat or bath tub

06-20-2011, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ps 150

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Originally Posted by GailG

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Originally Posted by mizunogirl

I like to be sure, if I am giving it away that nothing shrinks strangely (even though I test stuff, sometimes it does) and that like the other person said, there isn't something that comes loose.
I do press them afterwards, but I have not made any really big things in years, mostly crib quilts....

This is REALLY a dumb question: HOW do you press a quilt after it is completed? Once I pressed the binding after it was done and it seems so flat after that. :oops:

If you use a 100% cotton batting, it won't melt (or go flat). Poly blends will still melt as do the 100% poly batts.

Thanks, I didn't even think of that. I use traditional poly bat.