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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 08:23 #91891

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Makes sense to me! Thanks! Another thing to keep in mind when my 20 year old washer needs to be replaced!!
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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 08:00 #91888

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Margo wrote:

Nancy, is there a particular reason why you start out in the tub?

I just put my quilt in the washing machine, fill it with cool water and let it soak about 15 minutes then spin the water out.

I have a front-loading washer so I can't do that. If I had a top-loader, I would use the washer. But the happy side-effect of using the tub was that I had complete control over the temperature of the water. I didn't want to use cold because I had just heard about someone who couldn't get the water-soluable thread to dissolve in the cold and it make the thread get stiff. But I also didn't want the water too hot since I had a wool batting. I ended up being happy that I could feel the water temperature and easily adjust it as I went along. It probably wasn't that important, but it did make me feel better.

Nancy

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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 07:40 #91883

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Thanks I'll try it then with my Laura Nownes sample quilt - when I get it quilted
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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 07:29 #91881

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	Most of the quilts I make are for using. The puckering with washing is part of what is suppose to happen with the quilt and also part of the look I want. All Ricky's quilts are washed often. I would only press a quilt during construction, never after washing.
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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 07:18 #91880

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	but do you iron it afterwards?
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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 06:47 #91878

Margo OFFLINE Posts: 6522 Thank you received: 129	Nancy, is there a particular reason why you start out in the tub? I just put my quilt in the washing machine, fill it with cool water and let it soak about 15 minutes then spin the water out.
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Re: Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 06:24 #91872

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Hi Wendy -

I've only blocked one quilt, but I didn't have any trouble with creases or anything. It worked beautifully. Here's what I did:

- Soak the quilt in warm water in the tub. I needed warm water to dissolve the water-soluable thread used for the trapunto and to get rid of the blue marker.
- Put the quilt in the washer to spin out most of the water on a low spin.
- Spread an old sheet on the carpet, then spread out the quilt on top.
- Straighten the quilt and pin it to the carpet.
- Let it dry.

Nancy

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Wetting your quilt -please share your secrets 16 Nov 2012 02:50 #91862

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	A lot of you say on here that you wash/dampen the quilt at the end of the process to block it and remove whatever you have used on it. My question is how do you get it looking great again. Surely it will need pressing and then there would be little puckers and creases everywhere How do you get round that?
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