CONFESSION: I did not prewash my fabrics before making this quilt! oops

Prewashing your quilt fabrics is an age-old question.
We always get asked:
Should you prewash quilt fabrics?
Why do you need to prewash quilt fabrics?
What happens if I don't prewash my quilt fabrics? etc

Don't worry; even though we have both worked in a quilting store and have been quilting for years, we are still undecided on whether or not to prewash. Most of the time, realistically speaking, we actually are too busy to get around to it or possibly too unorganized.

In today's video, we explore the benefits of prewashing your fabrics, go through a Facebook poll of over 500 votes on what quilters actually do, and lastly, we wash a quilt for the first time!!!

In anticipation of our latest online mystery course, 'I, Valentine, ' starting March 15th, we had many questions about whether or not to prewash fabrics. To finally get an answer once and for all on this question, we washed a very special quilt of mine.

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