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Hi y'all,

My mom passed away last year and while going through her old cedar chest, I came across a lot of hand-embroidered pillow cases. They were just beautiful, however, many of them were very yellowed with age. I think some of these were wedding presents and my parents would have been married 80 years at this point.

I washed them and unfortunately, a couple of them actually fell apart. I had inspected the material before putting them on the delicate cycle and all of the material seemed strong enough to be washed. But, that was not the case and I ended up with just strips of fabric instead of a whole pillow case. Fortunately, that only happened to a couple of them.

Worst of all, they seemed even more yellowed than when they went in. Does anyone know how to get old linens sort of white again? I don't dare use bleach or anything harsh like that. And I suppose I can use them yellowed as they are, but a lot of the yellowed portions are sort of splotchy yellow.

Thanks, in advance, for your help.