I forgot to say in my previous comment that if you don’t prewash your fabrics, it’s really important to wash the finished quilt with something to minimize color bleeding. I use Shout Color Catchers, and some other people recommend Synthrapol.

This is one of those topics of perennial debate in the quilting world. Some people prewash everything, and others don’t prewash at all. I generally prewash flannels because they shrink so much, but I’ve gotten away from prewashing regular quilter’s cotton, because I’ve found that the quilts I’ve made with fabric right off the bolt have turned out fine. Also, I never wash precuts because washing can fray the edges and distort the shapes, and I’m making more and more quilts with precuts. They have turned out fine too. Hope that’s enlightening, Cheryl.

I was hoping to see her answer to your question about washing prior. What is the quilting standard?