Design from Embroidery Library
Dear Friends,
Today was laundry day around here. Sigh, a necessary task that falls on this mama. I wear a lot of long sleeve t-shirts right now with this cold weather. As I pulled this shirt out of the dryer, being that it is 100% cotton it was wrinkled despite my caution of washing and drying. It got me to thinking of passing on a few quick tips that possibly you have not heard of yet.
First, turn your embroidered item inside out to was it. This just protects the stitching from the wear and tear of the washing machine. Wash and dry the item on a delicate setting. Remove the article of clothing before it is completely dry and try to shake the wrinkles out.
Now if needing to press, here is where you need to use caution. You don’t want to flatten, or worse, melt your stitches. Set your iron no hotter than the most delicate part of the item. Is it your thread or your fabric that is more delicate? Choose the iron setting for the MORE delicate. You may use steam with caution.
Press from the back side when pressing the design and use a pressing cloth to prevent crushing your design. Now when it came to my cotton t-shirt here is what I did. I started my iron on a synthetic, low setting and I pressed the design from the back side using my Teflon pressing sheet. Then I bumped the iron up to the higher cotton setting and pressed the rest of the shirt avoiding pressing the design at this high heat. It turned out lovely.
As much love and care we put into our creations making them, we need to use that same love and care in maintaining it.
Embroidery Blessings and I hope you are all staying warm. It is snowing up a storm here in Michigan as I type this.
Nancy