After you wash and dry your fabric do you have a hard time getting all of the wrinkles out? Do you just dry until it is still a little damp? Sometimes it is just too wrinkly and it seems like it take me forever to iron.

I like to iron when it is still fairly damp. :D:D:D
Even then there can be stubborn wrinkles that I spray into submission with water :wink:

If it's 100% cotton you can use a hot iron with steam. I also keep a little spray bottle of water handy and spritz as I iron.

Ditto for me.

me 3 !

Thanks

If you live where you can hang the wet material outside to dry you will have fewer wrinkles and then you only need to press it. Sometimes that isn't even necessary.

i wish this would work on the wrinkles on my face! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Eat more, they'll fluff.

I also use a little spray bottle and a steam iron for my SUPER stubborn wrinkles. The spray bottle works perfectly for me.

I dislike ironing fabric. I think our local cleaner is having less business then usual. I wonder if I could get my yardage washed and pressed reasonable there.....I think I will call Monday and make a deal. Imagine having all my yardage washed and ironed professionally, that will be a big time saver.

I know...but I'm outgrowing my furniture!

I remember my mom doing this with the ironing when I was a kid. Needless to say that was a LONG time ago.

I put my fabric in the freezer too. I put in the dryer for a few minutes to get some of the moisture out and then I fold it and freeze it and it is so easy to iron and comes out so nice. If I am hand washing a few fat quarters I roll them in a towel before I put them in the freezer.

LOL I first discovered this years ago when I used to iron my husbands shirts. I never used to get it all done and I put the shirts in the freezer after I sprinkled them so they didn't get mildew.

I used spray sizing. It takes all those little wrinkles out of the fabric quick as you can snap your fingers!

You and me both LMBO My grands learned how to count by using my wrinkles :roll: gotta love them :D:D:D

LOL. I read the posts about putting fabric in the freezer. I have never done that and I am afraid if I was to do it that my husband would think I had finally gone over the edge.

I have heard that too...but my freezer doesn't have that much room when I wash a bigger amount it seems like it would take longer than I would want to wait to get er done :D:D:D

I never thought of putting it in the freezer.

I never dry my fabric completely. I put it in the dryer to fluff and get out the worst of the wrinkles.

I use a spray bottle on tough to remove wrinkles and a good steam iron. I also use a light spray starch on the fabric to replace the sizing that's washed out. I don't like fabric shrinkage or bleeding after the quilt is made so I prevent them. Surprisingly I have more fabrics that bleeds from the LQS than from Joann's. So every new fabric goes into the washer as soon as I get it home. Then ironed and refolded before being stored by color family.

I tend to be in color moods when I shop. So lots of greens one day and oranges or whatever another. Mostly they can go in the same washer. I tie it in old pillow cases so it has less fraying. Every fabric goes into a dish tub of water for 10 minutes before it goes in the washer; so I can identify the bleeders and take action if needed.

yes i do too! remember the glass bottle cap that goes over "pop" bottles that had a sprinkler in them? ut oh marking my age! lol

I don't just remember those used "ketchup bottles" filled with water and a metal sprinkler at the top--I used them. Is that dating me or what! When I worked in the Pentagon, my roommates and I used to "freeze" our laundered laundry as well. It did ease the ironing a great deal. I never thought about doing it with quilting fabric. What great tips we get on this Board. Thanks gals.

Downy wrinkle release really helps; especially on the folded edges of fat quarters or yardage.

This is so true...

I use Mary ellen's Best Press when I press washed fabric - takes the wrinkles right out and gives it a nice 'hand'.

The ONLY fabric I prewash is flannel. Sometimes I'll wash a red fabric if there is a lot of it in a quilt with white, otherwise I wash the completed quilt with Color Cathers. Cuts out a lot of ironing and solves that deep set wrinkle problem.

I always iron mine while it is wet, works better keeping those wrinkles away. And I like to use spray starch also.

Ditto

Good idea, I will try that. :thumbup:

the metal sprinklers are what i am talking about! LOL :)

Im a big fan of magic sizing...plus it smells great!!

I heard a tip at a quilt show last year. 1 tablespoon of vinegar in one cup of water in a spray bottle. It takes out wrinkles wonderfully.

My Mother always used those stoppers with holes, but she put them in a beer bottle! I wonder if they are still around.

i sure dont know if they are, but im going to ask my mom if she still has hers!

Where do you buy Mary ellens Best Press at?

There are alot of great ideas for me to try. I too have never heard of the freezer. Gona have to try that for sure.
Thanks everyone.

do you shake and smooth the fabric out befor drying it??? it makes a HUGE difference!!! I pull it from the washer and hold the top corners and give it a quick snap before throwing it in the dryer. works great for me.

I still have my metal sprinkler that goes in a pop bottle. I can't tell you where it is right now, but I am going to go hunt it up. I know, this is telling my age, but who cares. I am older than dirt.

I got mine at my LQS, but you can also get it through the different catalogs for quilting supplies. LOL Liz

I buy mine at Hancock's