Question: when giving a quilt for a gift, do you wash it first or not?I love the way quilts look after that first wash, but I don't know whatthe proper etiquette is for giving. What do you all think?Sunny

I wash gift quilts first. That way I know it is clean. No tellingwhat all the quilt has been through by the time I get it pieced,quilted and bound!Also I am able to tell recipients that it is OK to wash it, see it hasalready been washed.And I too like the look after it has been washed.It is your gift to give, do what seems best to you.Mary

Some interesting answers here!! I would like to point out that when I *RECEIVE* a gift quilt or fabric, I am more than happy to wash it myself. So, don't go to any trouble on my account.PAT, ever hopeful, in VA/USAS wrote:

To wash or not to wash?

Jul 06, 2006 27 Replies

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desert quilter 20 years ago

Hi Sunny,

I wash my gift quilts when they are finished. 1.) I have a cat who insists on lying on every piece; 2.) I tend to lay my quilts on the carpet while we figuring the final layout; 3.) it takes me so long to finish a quilt, I'm sure it's collected dust if nothing else; 4.) sometimes I use spray basting which needs to be washed out; and 5.) I don't want the recipient(s) to get used to the unwashed look and then think there is something wrong with the quilt when they wash it.

Michelle > Question: when giving a quilt for a gift, do you wash it first or not?

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R. E. Wicker 20 years ago

If the quilt is for a baby, please wash it first.

Rhoda

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Pati Cook 20 years ago

Personally, I wash a quilt before giving it or using it. I know where it has been, and frequently that includes the floor, the car, and who knows where else. I have probably dripped sweat on it, and the cats may have managed to lay on it. Also, I frequently do not prewash fabrics, and I want whatever to happen to happen before I "gift" it. Also, since a lot of my quilts lately have been hanging in the shop as class samples, they are probably dusty. (Arizona is a *desert*, we have dust and it gets everywhere. That is a fact of life.) I also spray baste, and may have used some water soluble glue on the quilt somewhere. I want all that out before someone uses the quilt.

It is up to you to decide what to do. But I like people to know that the quilt is washable, and how. And that I have washed it already. It's your quilt, so you decide.

Pati,> Question: when giving a quilt for a gift, do you wash it first or not?

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Pat in Virginia 20 years ago

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blackrosequilts 20 years ago

Good one, Pat. =D

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Sandy Ellison 20 years ago

Howdy!

*snorfle* Good one, Pat.

*sniff*sniff* I'm so proud.

Ragmop/Sandy--Queen of the Beggars

p.s. I wash everything. If it can't stand up to the washing it doesn't need to stay at my house. This includes the upholstery & drapery fabric that comes free from the drapery shop's "Come & get it!" Dig. Then I use those blue marking pens I'm always recommending, they have to be washed out of the Finished quilts. And I want to see what the Finished Quilt looks like all clean and sparkly and ever'thang

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Butterflywings 20 years ago

NO FAIR!!!!!!!!! you have been pra'ticin when I was away :( MMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Pat's not being fair :( You coudda waited....jez fer that....you jez wait and see

Butterfly ( got no time to go poutin, not right now, anyhows)

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Maureen Wozniak 20 years ago

I usually wash it for a number of reasons.

1) to get rid of the QI hair that my very helpful inspectors have left behind. (I love them, but a new baby might night)

2) to get rid of any stray marking lines, etc.

3) so the recipient want panic the first time she washes it and it crinkles up.

Maureen

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 21:21:20 -0500, S wrote (in article ):

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