The Best Way to Prepare FQs for Quilting 

Just tried your method & it worked like a charm !! Thank You so much! 😀

Just what I needed today. Thank you!!

Nice tutorial! So, it reminded me of a time before you (and maybe your parents) were born 😊. We had to sprinkle our clothes with water, roll them up and put them in a big bag where they would sit for 30 minutes…even a day (and sometimes in the fridge)…then we pulled out the garment one at a time…irons weren’t as hot back then so it took awhile. We used bottles with ‘sprinkler head’ stoppers made for this purpose, no spray bottles like now but spray starch was available. I ironed my dad’s uniform shirts then later hubby’s Army fatigues. Things are so much nicer now!! Sorry for the trip back on memory lane but watching you brought all that back (in a good way). Sure am glad for our fabulous irons etc. now!!! Thank you!

AhHa! Can’t wait to try that! I had the exact same fold line situation this morning!

Thanks for the link to the large wool ironing mat! It looks like you have something between it and your table though - my guess is to protect your table surface? What is that? I use a large fold-up table for cutting my pieces and parts, and later for basting and marking my quilt. I’d love to use it for ironing too, but it has a plastic surface.

3½ minutes actually 🤣 amazing idea, TFS

In your water bottle was it just water?

In the case of woven fabrics, I’ve heard some quilters recommend washing the fat quarters due to the amount of shrinkage. I have some but have not sewn with them yet. So, you still don’t prewash and the quilts have been okay after washing?