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Prepping fabric question
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I received a bundle of fabric this week to start my baby girl's quilt. I read that you're supposed to prep the fabric by washing and drying it first. Will this make the unfinished sides of the fabric fray? Is there a certain cycle to wash and dry on, like delicates?
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Re: Prepping fabric question
In my basic piecing quilting class, it was advised that we not prewash for quilting, provided you're using good quality fabrics. Their reasoning is that woven cotton doesn't shrink that much and the act of ironing it after you wash can stretch and skew the fabric.
That said, if you still want to prewash, yeah, the cut edges will fray some. You can just roll with it (which is my style, but I'm not a quilter) or you can use pinking shears to trim all the cut edges or run a zigzag over the edge.
And generally, I prewash on whatever setting I expect the finished item to be washed on. So for kids clothes, warm regular settings.
Ok. I am going to go with my instincts and skip the pre-wash. I made a quilt for my DH years ago when we were dating and didn't pre-wash, it's held up really nicely!
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I think it depends on whether you like the "vintage" quilt look or not. By not pre-washing, the fabric will shrink when you wash the quilt the first time and give it that wrinkly, vintage look.
For clothes, I always pre-wash.
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