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09-04-2011, 04:35 PM
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I ironed all my squares today (love all the fabrics) and 2 of the squares kinda shrunk up to about 9 1/2 inches. Does that mean they may not be 100% cotton? They didn't melt or anything and I was ironing on the cotton setting.
09-04-2011, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I ironed all my squares today (love all the fabrics) and 2 of the squares kinda shrunk up to about 9 1/2 inches. Does that mean they may not be 100% cotton? They didn't melt or anything and I was ironing on the cotton setting.
09-04-2011, 04:42 PM
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I didn't use steam. I like the fabric and glad if it was going to shrink, it did it when ironed. I'll probably have to do the burn test or just make sure I only use the fabric in a block for me and not a swap.
Not necessarily- did you iron with steam ? sometimes when you iron with steam if the fabric is going to shrink -that is enough to make it shrink- does that make sense ?
Originally Posted by sharon b
Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I ironed all my squares today (love all the fabrics) and 2 of the squares kinda shrunk up to about 9 1/2 inches. Does that mean they may not be 100% cotton? They didn't melt or anything and I was ironing on the cotton setting.
09-04-2011, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I didn't use steam. I like the fabric and glad if it was going to shrink, it did it when ironed. I'll probably have to do the burn test or just make sure I only use the fabric in a block for me and not a swap.
Not necessarily- did you iron with steam ? sometimes when you iron with steam if the fabric is going to shrink -that is enough to make it shrink- does that make sense ?
Originally Posted by sharon b
Originally Posted by oldcatlady
I ironed all my squares today (love all the fabrics) and 2 of the squares kinda shrunk up to about 9 1/2 inches. Does that mean they may not be 100% cotton? They didn't melt or anything and I was ironing on the cotton setting.
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