Originally Posted by Melinda in Tulsa
I got some home dec fabric at a yard sale. Some of it says *dry clean only*. What will happen to it if I was it in the washing machine?
It will shrink some, but most of all the crispness of the fabric will be lost. Some gets limper than others. Dry clean only doesn't mean that the fabric will be ruined. They state that for liability purposes. Kind of like the selvedge of flannel telling you not to use it for children's sleepwear.