Pre-Starched my Fabric, now what?
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I remember my mother starching and then rolling and refrigerating the clothes but never thought to ask why she put them in the refrigerator. I have done the same as an adult, I guess because that is the way it was always done. It is interesting to find out as an adult why that was done. I think I thought she just needed someplace to put them until she was ready to iron them or have my sister and me iron them when we got old enough.
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As a military wife in government housing, I was told I could adhere patterned sheets to the walls using starch instead of wallpaper. Never tried it, but your post brought back memories.
#14
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we "old" nurses know that the key to a good, stiff cap, back in the day, was to dip it in a thick starch solution, and flatten it on a shower wall, or mirror, "ironing" it with our fingers. it would be a little difficult to do that with backing fabric, i'll grant you...
#16
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Mother didn't refrigerate until the second day, in case she didn't get the ironing done. She said they would "sour" if not refrigerated. I find that if I forget clothes in the washer, they will "sour" (stink). Mold and mildew take several days to develop.
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