Originally Posted by
ube quilting
Does any one remember when we use to dampen cloths and put them in the fridge overnight in a plastic bag? I don't know why. My guess would be that it releases and softens wrinkles so they press better.
I like to press almost dry fabric too.
we didn't dampen cloths, we were dampening & starching shirts for our men using seven=up bottles with sprinkle heads . Especially those heavy oxford white shirts. It relaxed the hard wrinkles and allowed the starch to penetrate the cotton fibers without using a heavy amount of starch. And the shirts were much easier to iron. I loved to iron , but my mother hated it....so when perma press came out, my mother tossed out all cotton and replaced them. (I thought the perma press shirts looked thin and cheap and insisted they still needed ironing....but mom said "not in my house". To bad....I still iron/starch my hubby's shirt and when my daughter's husband was called to serve in the bishopric, she came over for "serious" ironing lessons. LOL