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Old 08-01-2020, 01:14 PM
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Onetomatoplant
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Default Prewashing problem solved!

I’m probably late to the party with this, but I discovered something ..yesterday.

I don’t normally prewash my fabrics, because the few times I have, it was a nightmare. I did yardage and it came out of the dryer twisted and tangled and stringy. I’ve been washing fabric for masks, but I’ve been using scraps and it was easier to just do it on the stovetop in a big pot. My scraps are low (woot!) so I needed to wash several yard cuts of colors and one length each of 6yd and 3yd of white. I had a load of sheets to do, so I tossed the white in with them. And guess what? The fabric came out normal! No twists or tangles. Some strings, but nothing like I’ve seen before. I put the colors in with my normal “darks” and threw in a color catcher, and same thing.

it was amazing. We won’t talk about how pathetic my life is that this is so exciting. 😆

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