getting wrinkles out
#1
getting wrinkles out
Can anyone tell me how to get wrinkles out of 108 wide fabric? I've ironed it several times without much change, I've gotten it damp and but it in the dryer and still is very wrinkled. I don't have a longarm so need to pin. First time I've used 108 wide. its a Moda muslin very soft so I'm disappointed I'm having so much trouble with it. I'm hesitant to use starch. Thanks
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Greater Peoria, IL -- just moved!
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I like the idea of the cleaners! The other day a vintage mangle (big ironing press) came up for free on Craig's List... if I only had the space.
Sometimes all you can do is start over with a fresh wash, while I don't usually use fabric softener, I might in this case. Do a full prewash and then be super careful about taking it out while still barely dry. From habit, I iron from the back side. For backing I will do a semi-quick press starting at one end and dealing with any snaggles, along the selvedge edge to the other end just the width of the iron, trim the other end and start down the other direction. Hopefully all you really need to do is the edges, but sometimes you do need to go into the middle or start in the middle to get the wrinkles out.
I also will move my ironing board so that I can use my couch or bed to support the fabric.
I've learned to get through the ironing by turning the music up loud and dancing while I press... still hate ironing but really, I get so much better results when I just go ahead and do it.
Sometimes all you can do is start over with a fresh wash, while I don't usually use fabric softener, I might in this case. Do a full prewash and then be super careful about taking it out while still barely dry. From habit, I iron from the back side. For backing I will do a semi-quick press starting at one end and dealing with any snaggles, along the selvedge edge to the other end just the width of the iron, trim the other end and start down the other direction. Hopefully all you really need to do is the edges, but sometimes you do need to go into the middle or start in the middle to get the wrinkles out.
I also will move my ironing board so that I can use my couch or bed to support the fabric.
I've learned to get through the ironing by turning the music up loud and dancing while I press... still hate ironing but really, I get so much better results when I just go ahead and do it.
#5
I find smoothing backing with my hands after it comes out of the dryer completely dry. I keeping smoothing as I fold it. Not much need to iron when I get ready to use it. Also I only dry one piece at a time. It does take time but worth it in the end.
#6
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 131
Be careful not to buy the end of the bolt. That's likely going to have tons of wrinkles and next to impossible to get out. If ordering online make sure you know the return policy. If I'm buying an end-of-bolt I have it unrolled first. If it's badly wrinkled I won't buy it.
#8
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Join Date: Jul 2019
Location: northern minnesota
Posts: 2,480
I do have a longarm so my results may be different. But I usually do press the wrinkles out....but my criteria for if it is pressed good enough is if I can still feel the wrinkle when I pass my hand over it. Sometimes, I can still "see" the wrinkle but it feels smooth. I have found if I do this, by the time I load the backing on the quilt and quilt it, those wrinkles that I can "see" but not "feel" are gone. I know a professional long arm who does not press backings brought to her by a customer unless the wrinkles are really definite and the fabric just will not lay flat at all, she says that by the time the fabric is rolled on the rails and the quilting is done, the fabric usually relaxes.