Abstract: A method and apparatus for guiding a textile tube to the rollers of a machine, which reduces the tensioning of the fabric and accordingly reduces post-production shrinkage. A feeding arm mounted on a support, preferably at a slight downward incline, provides a spreader having a breadth sufficient to flatten the textile tube. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of feeding arms are rotatably mounted to the support, so that as one feeding arm is being used to feed the fabric into the machine another feeding arm can be loaded with a textile tube.