A guide to caring for fabrics and quilts. It demonstrates how to care for fabrics, particularly during laundering. It discusses whether or not to pre-wash, and there are simple tests for fabric characteristics such as thread count, shrinkage, light-fastness and colour-fastness.

Choosing Batting

by Harriet Hargrave

Published 1 May 2000
A guide to shopping for batting. It demonstrates how to decide which batting to select depending on the look you want for your quilt, and there are simple tests for batting flammability and other characteristics. The pros and cons of different fibres used are discussed.