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By: Shirley Blackett

Shirley Blackett — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:07:50 +0000

I always wash new fabric. I like the feel and smell of freshly washed material. I also had a problem once with new material for a blouse I was making so now I make sure to always wash. Never buy material that has to be dry cleaned.

By: Jaye

Jaye — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:32:44 +0000

I always prewash according to fabric, better safe than sorry.

By: Debbie Rhodes

Debbie Rhodes — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:49:23 +0000

Depends on the project… for quilts yes… for bags maybe… for other craft type probably not.. I don’t wash charms or jelly rolls..
So guess I do and I don’t!!!

By: Iris

Iris — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:11:49 +0000

Always prewash. There always seems to be a smell, probably the sizing they put in. I like working with freshly washed, softer fabric.

By: Jeananne Cox

Jeananne Cox — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:04:41 +0000

Yes, I always prewash my fabric, don’t have to worry about shrinkage that way! Thanks for making this such a fun site!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:12:55 +0000

Most of the time I prewash, unless I am sure the colors won’t run. I have a lot of older donated fabric that I am trying to use up, and I always wash it. If the project is one that will not get washed, then I don’t bother.

By: Connie Jordan

Connie Jordan — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:43:15 +0000

I always pre “wet” all fabric when I bring it home. I will put it in a bucket of cold water (by being in a bucket I can tell if it bleeds)and then I spin it out in the washing machine. If the finished project will be dried in the dryer then that is how I dry the fabric. When my son was 1yr old I made him a knit one piece jumpsuit-didn’t prewash back then and it shrunk so much he only got to wear it once!

By: Deb Genereux

Deb Genereux — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:44:02 +0000

I prewash for large projects, small projects I do not prewash fabric.

By: Eleanor

Eleanor — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:01:10 +0000

I always prewash my fabrics (except wool) before using. I serge the cut edges before washing. This way I know if the fabric has been washed when I go to use it from my stash.

By: Linda L

Linda L — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:22:09 +0000

It depends on the type of fabric I am working on. I do mostly garment/apparel sewing and use a lot of fabrics that are to be dry cleaned. For those type garments I ususally use Dreyel product for dry cleaning garments in your dryer. For cottons, faux suede and particulary knits I do prewash.