So Much For The Crinkly Look...

I have this weird fear of washing my quilts once they're finished, because I'm convinced something horrible will happen, e.g. I'll get a mini quilt or it falls apart or whatever.

I've given away a few but either those people don't wash their quilts or nothing awful happened, because I've never had any bad feedback. But now that I'm selling quilts, I'm worried about disappointed customers!

So last night, I took the plunge and just added the navy floating coins baby quilt to my regular laundry (a mix of hot/warm water, liquid detergent, regular setting as I don't have a gentle cycle setting).

I took a photo before, just in case it came out mini ;) I also measured it: 26" x 37.5"


After the wash, it came out in one piece and feeling softer. So far so good. I measured it again: 26 " x 37.5" - great!


Then I thought, hmm, I'm in a country where people throw everything in the dryer... so in it went, again, no gentle cycle and I used the hot air instead of cold.

Well.

And again: well.

Now I've heard people RAVE about the crinkly look, which they get by not pre-washing and the quilt shrinking a bit. I got that. Very crinkly, not sure if it's my thing.

The shrinkage is definitely not my thing.

The quilt now measures 25" x 35". It lost 2.5" in length! Aaaaaah! I'm NOT happy about that! Is this shrinkage relative? Will a queen size quilt shrink 10" in length?

I'm going to wash one more quilt on hot then hang it to dry, and after that, there'll be some advice to my customers and other quilt recipients!

It looks so tiny now...


On the bright side the coins are nice and fluffy :)

Triplets!

I have some news!!!

I managed to get a spot at the Farmer's Market to sell my quilts today and I've been spinning in circles since I found out on Saturday, getting ready for the big event!

I decided 6 quilts for sale is not enough, so...

I made two more on the weekend :) There both floating coin patterns like the burgundy one I've made before (see side bar) and I had the 'coins' already cut out - very convenient!

Version 2 (after version 1 in burgundy): Moss Green


Version 3: Navy


I think this is the first time I've actually repeated an exact pattern - gosh, it goes a lot faster without figuring out the measurements!!!

*Grins*, now I have triplets of this quilt:



So, please keep your fingers crossed that my first business venture is successful!

I have two more quilts that are ready apart from the binding, namely the batik 9-patch and the rainbow stacked coins (see side bar). I'll blog about those later this week! The quilting - especially on the batik quilt - turned out just wonderful!

I'm so excited, I'm hopping on the spot!!!!!!!!!!!!!