I don’t know how I got that in there, just ignore it. Can anyone tell me about the laundry question?
Why may I ask were you acutally using such a quilt? I only get out my real old, and personally valuable quilts occassionally. Just to look and admire the work my grandmothers did. I always give directions to clean and appraisals with the quilts I do. Hand sewn not machine.
1) The batting (filling) has a lot to do with how it will come through. If you know, you can figure out the next important question.
2) Is the quilt made of washable materials like cotton, polyester, WASHABLE silk — not acrylics or wool or delicate silk.
3) Wash on gentle cycle in cold water, pre-treat spots if you can test a spot in an inconspicuous spot with stain removers.
4) Use Cold Water Woolite or Woolite for dark colors if the quilt is dark. If you feel you really need to disinfect you can add a 1/4 cup of baking soda to the wash cycle or put the quilt in a large plastic bag and leave it in the freezer for a week. It will kill any and all dust mites and bacteria commonly found in bedding.
5) Drying is where things shrink. Use the timed cycle on Fluff Dry OR since Further Evidence of Global Warming is upon us — line dry it.
Gentle or hand wash cycle, mildest soap you can find like Woolite or the Dreft for baby clotes, pre-treat spots with a Q tip and favorite spot remover Zout, Shout, etc.
Wash it by itself. USE a dye catcher...get them at Walmart or grocery store. Couple styles available. Some are like a wash clothe (carbona) or others like dryer sheets, and can be used several times regardless of type.
LOW air dry.
NOW if it is an HEIRLOOM quilt, hand wash in the bath tub. But be sure to use the dye catcher!