Need help please! Yards and yards of wet fabric
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Originally Posted by cindyw
.....What do I do??? I know normally when you wash fabric you sew the raw edges but there are literally hundreds of pieces. (I inherited my mothers stash plus what I already had so it's a lot!) Can I wash it without sewing the raw edges? Will it be a big mess? Will it unravel much? Or should I just start sewing, washing and drying? I can't imagine how long that will take but I will do whatever is necessary.
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
Please let me know what you think. Thanks!
What a chore you have ahead of you, I'm so sorry! But, at least you get to fondle all that lovely fabric again!
Jan in VA
#64
Originally Posted by featherweight
You can also clip a little triangle off of each corner. This will keep it from raveling. Good luck. Just think how nice and clean it will be when you are all finished.
#65
You know, if it were me and I had a large back yard with some grass I would spread as much as I could to dry and start washing.
Lot's of fabric like that can be a daunting chore to do. It can take awhile and in the meantime I wouldn't want it sitting there with water soaked getting smelly. The fresh air and sun would help wonders..
Lot's of fabric like that can be a daunting chore to do. It can take awhile and in the meantime I wouldn't want it sitting there with water soaked getting smelly. The fresh air and sun would help wonders..
#67
I feel for you. I had about a foot of water in my basement one time. I washed over 80 loads. These were mostly bolts as I tend to by by the bolt.( back then I could buy wholesale) we had a sump pump go out. Any way I washed with odo- ban worked great. I have a mangle (bet some of you don't know what that is) & I ironed all 80 loads. what a headache. you can get through this, it just takes time.
#69
I read your post yesterday AM and I thought about you all day. You said you had some fabric that ran and asked about the color catcher things. YES! they do work. My 14 year old daughter washed her new school clothes together -- new jeans and all! I could have killed her. But I rewashed them with a scoop of oxyclean and a color catcher and all turned out just fine.
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