This helped pull off the look I was after for our farmhouse table. I do have matching placemats and I alternate between the two. Typically when we have several people at the table to eat, I'll use the placemats. I wash the runner in cold, hang it to dry, and then iron. It does need ironed if you hang it to dry. I'm not sure what it would do if you dry it, I haven't tried yet, but I think I could throw it in the dryer if I wasn't worried about it shrinking. Despite my mom being impressive with the iron...me, not so much. So yes, I often have some wrinkles left. I'm sure my mom would get this thing smoothed out no problem! Either way...I'm happy with it!