6x6 Finished

 

Well, 6x6 is now officially finished and even more importantly: LeeLoo-Approved™.

I used self-threading needles to bury my thread ends. There weren't a lot of them as I went from edge to edge with the quilting lines.

There it is, all finished, but not yet washed. Consider this the before picture.

Here it is post-washing. So much more texture, but not too much due to pre-washing the fabrics used. 

There's a side-view of the quilt surface.

And that's my #6 done for the CQFA UFO Challenge, hooray!

Answering the Prewash Question

 

I'm getting ready to work on some blocks for a group quilt and was reminded by the helpful instructions to pre-wash the red-purple fabrics I'm using.

Hoo boy! I thought I'd already washed all of these fabrics so I was surprised to see so much free dye captured in the Color Catcher. They're now all soaking in a bucket with some Synthropol and then I'll short wash them with some Retayne. Hopefully that will work well enough.

Whenever people tell me that they don't regularly pre-wash all their new fabrics I try really hard not to make a face, but I know I probably do. And the above is why! Why would you risk it?