prewashing and fraying
07-29-2011, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Rann
I used somone's advice on here and folded and pinned pieces of fabric (over 1/2 yard) and it seemed to no fray as much.
07-29-2011, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by MaryAnnMc
I agree, everything I've tried still frays. But I've decided to stick with pinking: it does cut down on the fraying considerably, and I can always tell which fabrics in my stash have been washed. that alone is a good reason.
07-29-2011, 03:41 PM
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My neice suggested serging raw edgesso shenever I need to pre-wash fabric(any woven) especially flannel, I do the serging first before washing. You can werge cut edges of any fabric a mile a minute so you are wasting little time and saving a lot of fabric. Karen
07-29-2011, 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Joyce DeBacco
I'd heard or read somewhere that if you clip the corners of your fabric before washing it would prevent fraying. I always do that, but they still fray. Would they fray even more if I didn't do that?
I pink large pieces of fabric and wash smaller pieces in lingerie bags. Minimal fraying, less than a quarter inch on each cut side.
When washing silk or rayon for garments, I ran the cut edges through the rolled hem attachment on my sewing machine. It's essentially a straight stitch done on a tiny double fold of the fabric, so once I got the knack of how to feed it through the rolled hemmer attachment, I could zip through the length in no time. There was absolutely no fraying with rolled hems and I lost a total of one eighth of an inch of fabric on each end.
07-30-2011, 12:19 AM
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I read somewhere that it's the agitating in the machine that does most of the fraying, so I use a short cycle and as low an agitation speed as possible. For my machine, it's the Ultra Low-Hand Wash cycle. I've had more success with this than the clipping of corners or pinking the edges. I was quite amazed at the difference.
07-30-2011, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
Originally Posted by dunster
Probably. Some people pink the edges, others sew or serge them, some even sew the two raw edges together. Me? I just let 'em fray, and then rip off the strings. Sometimes I get civilized and use the scissors. I figure the last inch or so of fabric is going to be cut away anyway.
07-31-2011, 02:34 AM
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That is what I do also I oer cast the edges with my serger with just 3 threads and loose and the bottom thread then just pulls out. Never any tangles or knoted fabrics.
The cheep serger thread is well worth the time it saves un tangleing everything. That is how I have done it for many years.
The cheep serger thread is well worth the time it saves un tangleing everything. That is how I have done it for many years.
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