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    mamaquilt's Avatar mamaquilt is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    I agree wîth Trish and Mary. I wash everything that comes in the house. As I'm a scrapper and recycler, that is a MUST.
    I don't use the precuts very often, so I don't have that problem.

    But I had a problem recently with the dryer. Made some tablemates , washed them, they were ok, but coming out of the dryer, they were a mess. Especially the binding. So the next time I use my good old clothesline again. Lucky they were only sets.

    That is learning by doing!

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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    This is and has been a highly debated subject by quilters everywhere. It all comes down to preference in my opinion. I don't wash anything. Once my quilt is completed it then gets washed.
    Again it is all what the quilter likes and prefers.
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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    I don't wash my precuts.. but I do pre wash everything else.. esp the fabric for the backing. I also throw in a color catcher with the quilt the first time I wash it. Only then do I gift or certify it done.

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    mamaquilt's Avatar mamaquilt is offline Senior Member
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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    Quote Originally Posted by Granny Judy View Post
    I don't wash my precuts.. but I do pre wash everything else.. esp the fabric for the backing. I also throw in a color catcher with the quilt the first time I wash it. Only then do I gift or certify it done.
    a good idea with the color catcher before giving a quilt away. Have to keep that in mind. Thanks for the info.

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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    I'm a prewasher! I'd prefer not to take the chance of bleeding fabrics in a finished quilt. I also like to get rid of the sizing in the fabrics.
    When life throws you scraps, make a quilt!

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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    I never prewash--I would be in the laundry room all the time and I am there enough with all the family's clothes. I like the ideo of Shout color catchers----I have heard many great things about these sheets.
    I am such a material girl!!!!! Nena

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    Default Re: I really need your opinions about washing fabric?

    I am so used to garment making that I still pre-wash everything that can bleed color or shrink. Since cotton falls into both categories, I do wash it first.

    So far I have never had a negative experience from washing to discourage me from continuing. I don't find it extremely time consuming, I don't buy so much fabric at one time that it would take longer than throwing a load into the washer, not sure how it could be that time consuming? I even wash it with clothes or towels, it doesn't get pampered.

    I don't like the smell and feel of unwashed fabric either. For the many hours of handling involved in making a quilt, my personal preference is to handle it washed.
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