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#2
We just had a thread about this....I am assuming you are talking about when you wash it....answers were anywhere from serging, putting in a pillowcase, using pinking shears to not washing.....
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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When pre-washing fabrics, it helps if there are few cut edges. You will get a *lot* more ravels and tangles with a load of fat quarters than you will with one piece of yardage. Some people serge or zigzag raw edges before they wash. Some cut the edges with pinking shears. Some cut the corners of the raw edges off. I think I tried everything and was not happy with the results, and then I attended a Harriet Hargrave class and learned how not to prewash fabrics. I much prefer this!
#5
#6
I just moved to a new city and there was no washer/dryer in this new house. I chose a front load machine. Wow! No fraying of the edges - even flannel! I washed 8 yards of flannel without a problem and then my next load was 23 yards of normal cottons. Each fabric was removed from the washer and dryer without threads being tangled and without the fabric being all twisted. Pre-washing fabric will be a joy in this house. With the top load wringer machine I used to have I would pink the edges of all flannels using a wavy rotary blade. For the regular cottons I simply (not really simple at all) wrangled them apart when removing them from the washing machine and then I had scissors handy in my laundry room for cutting out the tangles that I couldn't rip out. I suggest a new washing machine if that is in your budget.
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Missouri
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I stitch up the cut ends before washing. I wash on delicate cycle as well, and don't have any raveling.
Cheaper fabric will have more raveling than LQS quality fabric. One way to tell the quality of your fabric.
Cheaper fabric will have more raveling than LQS quality fabric. One way to tell the quality of your fabric.
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