in this video i'm going to show you how to wash our quilts for the first time i'm going to show
you how to wash your quilts on a quilt that i actually need to wash. So this is a quilt that
i've just made and if you don't know i have done a whole series of videos on how to make this quilt
so you want to go back and have a watch of the very first one to catch up with the rest of the
series. Should you wash a quilt before using it it is totally up to you totally personal preference
because generally what's going to happen is the free motion quilting that you see is kind of
flat right now and when you wash it it's going to crinkle up and look really awesome and also
should you wash a quilt before binding it, if i'm honest if i was you i would get the whole
quilt completely quilted and everything's going to shrink together i think if you were to bind it
after washing it it's kind of weird just get the whole quilting process all finished and then you
can wash it. So when to wash a quilt when you're a free motion quilted it the label is on and the
binding is complete. So let me show you how to wash a quilt i'm going to show you how to wash a
quilt in a front loader so i'm going to wash the quilt on its own so i'm just going to put it in
to the washing machine now i use these like little pellet things
they smell so good i will literally just throw them straight into the washing machine
i'm just going to show you this quilt for two seconds because this quilt has
many different colors as you can see there's whites right to black
in the corner and it's a whole rainbow of colors i never used a color catcher for this but i do
have color catchers that i am going to show you so if you are worried and you want to know how
to wash your quilts without the colors running you would use something like this is a color catcher
and basically they come in different selection sizes of boxes and they are basically a sheet
that looks like this and you put it straight in the washing machine with the quilt and it'll
stop colors from running or catch it all on this piece of paper so if you are interested in these
i'll put a link in the description box below and you'll be able to get them. For this quilt
i'll just put one in anyway then just one more last thing is i just add in some fabric softener
so i'm just going to pull this drawer out here and just add a little bit of softener
now i'm just going to turn my machine on
i'm just going to turn this dial until it states express wash because it doesn't need that much of
a wash it's brand spanking new and we just want to get that kind of free motion quilting all crinkly
so what temperature to wash a quilt i always wash my quilts like this so as you can see it's
on a warm cold cycle and it's on a high spin i mean if i want to i can change my spin here
i'll just keep it on high so we are ready to go i'm just going to press start on this
and we will come back when this cycle is finished
so as you can see the cycle is complete so i'm going to take it out of the washing machine
and i will also put my quilts in the dryer so it obviously doesn't need to be on for
long probably like 30 minutes or some and i always put a dryer sheet in with it too
and we'll leave it to do its thing
so let's put this quilt on the bed and have a closer look at the quilting now
in that comment box down below i want to know how you wash your quills so i'm just going to show you
the quilt top first and then i'll turn it over and show you the back because i'm really blown away
by how awesome this actually looks yes i am blowing my own trumpet so let's have a look at the
free motion quilting now it's puffed up so this star section was one of the first parts of this
series and if you want to go back and have a watch of that i show you exactly how i created this look
and this was all done with rulers the next portion on the quilt that we did was this kind of pink
portion here and it's kind of like a wood grain but i kind of like how it looks now i didn't like
how it originally looks like before i washed it but can you see how it takes on a whole different
life when you start to wash a quilt it takes on a different look and this one here was kind of like
the squigglies and i kind of still have somewhat loose threads and you probably will notice that
when you wash a quilt you'll notice that you know you didn't quite catch some of these things
so you just have to go back and have a look and this here was a another portion that we quilted
on this quilt it just looks fabulous so let me just flip it over and show you what it looks like
kind of like looks like a negative space quilt just look how amazing this quilt looks
on the back side. This whole series was based on making a quilt out of bedding sheets so this was
actually a bedding sheet that i purchased from the store that i used for the backing
of my quilt so you really do want to go back and watch all of them other videos to this series
because i really think that you're gonna get a lot of value from watching all of the videos.
Can you see how the pale pink on the quilting is almost non-existent when you look at it
like it's very very pale pink almost like a white and it was just an amazing color choice and i am
just blown away by all this quilting and look at all of that hard work and all that dedication
and all that time i've put in it's a free motion quilting and it was all done on my baby lock tiara
mid arm and no i am not paid or sponsored to give the advertisement look how amazing my quilt is
now one of my most favorite quilts is this quilt it took so much time to do each of
these stars paper piece however i hate the back of this quilt i absolutely hate it .
The reason I absolutely hate this quilt is because i chose a dark brown thread and the reason why i
chose dark brown fat is obviously because i had a dark brown on the front now always think about
the color choices that you're going to have on the back of your quilt if you want to make it
really easy on yourself what i should have done because this is like one of my very first quilts
i want to say it's like quilt number four maybe is always have the same color on the front as what
you have on the back because that is gonna make your life just go so much easier trust me when
you are free motion quilting as a beginner you are going to want to choose the front side color
as the same color as the back so i just want to zoom in on this quilt because i want to
show you exactly why i hate it it looks amazing on the front don't get me wrong but on the back
it's just hideous so this is really difficult for me because i do like the star quilt but this one
i designed and created all by myself and also i think that the free motion quilting is phenomenal
so i'm sorry star quilt i think that this quilt is gonna take first place
the only thing i don't like right now is the pillowcases so i am going to have to change these
pillowcases so the furry guy is going to stay and basically i'm changing this one and this one
so if you want to know how to make a pillowcase to match your quilt join me in my next video
and don't forget watch them other videos you're going to learn so much bye guys