Washing Machines and Fraying
03-15-2017, 03:49 AM
#44
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I have a steam function on my dryer. I'll put my fabrics through this cycle to preshrink and get wrinkles and foods out of the fabric. Works pretty good!
I've never tried this but this tip makes sense to me.....use a pinking blade in your rotary cutter and pink the edges before preshrinking the fabric. Also helps keep track of which fabrics have been prewashed.
I've never tried this but this tip makes sense to me.....use a pinking blade in your rotary cutter and pink the edges before preshrinking the fabric. Also helps keep track of which fabrics have been prewashed.
03-15-2017, 05:06 AM
#45
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That is the manufactures website. they do not sell them there, they make them. If you want to buy one, go to a retailer. Start with amazon.com ($799 plus free shipping)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0162JJAJO...ing=UTF8&psc=1
ps; I couldnt get a price out of bernina or babylock dealers for a sewing machine ,even over the phone....I had to show up to their stores to get a price.....thank goodness for amazon
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0162JJAJO...ing=UTF8&psc=1
ps; I couldnt get a price out of bernina or babylock dealers for a sewing machine ,even over the phone....I had to show up to their stores to get a price.....thank goodness for amazon
I understand it with something important like a sewing machine, but not a washer lol
03-15-2017, 01:13 PM
#47
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When we replaced our washer and dryer I wanted to get something really high end that would almost put the clothes back in the closet for me. My DH wanted to get something really low end that would almost put money back in his wallet. We both wanted large capacity-we agreed on that one thing. Our appliance dealer convinced us to go for Speed Queen, saying they make all the commercial laundromat equipment & thus are the reliable experts. So we did - just like my vintage sewing machines they're non-computerized, tremendous work horses.
My washer is top loader with an agitator. I prewash fabric & either clip the corners 1/4 to 1/2 inch or use a laundry bag or both. Oh, & when I prewashed my silk I sewed the yardage ends together like a tube. I know what I have pre-washed by the diagonal corners. I was going to prewash my precuts until reading comments on this board, so I don't wash them. I just bought a lot of second-hand fabric at a rummage sale and it all went into the wash to test or 'proof' it.
My washer is top loader with an agitator. I prewash fabric & either clip the corners 1/4 to 1/2 inch or use a laundry bag or both. Oh, & when I prewashed my silk I sewed the yardage ends together like a tube. I know what I have pre-washed by the diagonal corners. I was going to prewash my precuts until reading comments on this board, so I don't wash them. I just bought a lot of second-hand fabric at a rummage sale and it all went into the wash to test or 'proof' it.
03-15-2017, 08:44 PM
#48
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Not to hijack the thread, but while we're bemoaning the drawbacks of the newer front loaders, how about dishwashers?? Mine is at least 20 years old and while I'd love to get a new one, I've heard horror stories from my friends, one of whom just purchased a top of the line model. The shortest cycle runs almost 3 hours!!! It's supposed to be energy efficient, which is why it runs so long per the salesman. But how can it be energy efficient if it runs so long????
You know what I'd love to see the manufacturers do for dishwashers? Make them run for 2, 4, or 6 minutes, like the industrial ones in restaurants and school cafeterias. I'd be tickled pink if I could have all the dishes clean and put away half an hour after dinner was over.
You know what I'd love to see the manufacturers do for dishwashers? Make them run for 2, 4, or 6 minutes, like the industrial ones in restaurants and school cafeterias. I'd be tickled pink if I could have all the dishes clean and put away half an hour after dinner was over.
03-18-2017, 07:13 PM
#49
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I bought new washer and dryer to replace my Maytags (which I left in the old house). After trying to touch the bottom of the top loaders, I bought a Whirlpool front loader like DD has. I love it when I wash fabric since I have noticed less raveling and my delicates do not have the wear and tear of a top loader. I need to try the steam drying.
03-22-2017, 08:48 PM
#50
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When I wash fabric yardage, I serge the cut ends of the fabric to prevent the raveling, and avoid tangled knots in the washing machine. My machine is an old Sears Kenmore machine and has worked well for many years. If you serge the raw endges of your fabric yardage, you shouldn't have problems with raveling. I don't buy pre-cuts or quilt kits at all and, thus, I don't work on those --I can only imagine the difficulty anyone would have trying to wash pre-cuts and kitd. I just don't buy those items because I'm left in the lurch with the raveling and the shrinkage, and I don't want to deal with that problem.
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