Old 12-08-2016, 12:43 PM
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Jeanne S
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Ddtrina, as to your shrinkage question, I ave indeed had unwashed fabrics shrink after cutting when I used a steam iron on them! I had one new, unwashed fabric that I cut into 10" squares. Before sewing, some got wrinkled so I spray starched and pressed them with a hot iron using heavy steam, and when I went to sew with them found they had shrunk to 9 3/4"!! That experience taught me to always prewash my fabric before cutting. You can test yours by cutting a measured square, spay it, give it a good pressing then remeasure it to see the shrinkage. Frustrating!!
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