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#1
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You can iron tissue paper. It's a joke among my family and friends that I'll take all the tissue paper from b-day parties or Christmas. I haven't bought tissue paper in years. Do you have a "did you know"?
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Did you know that tracing paper doesn't iron well at all? Thanks for your tip...I used tracing paper for paper piecing and it didn't work very well. I might switch and try tissue paper!
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Originally Posted by BarbaraTX
You can iron tissue paper. It's a joke among my family and friends that I'll take all the tissue paper from b-day parties or Christmas. I haven't bought tissue paper in years. Do you have a "did you know"?
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since i started sewing in the early 60's in 4-H yup...knew that; clothing patterns are made with tissue paper and you had no choice, after you used a pattern if it was ever going back into it's envelope each piece was ironed. and folded carefully so you could re-use your patterns :)
#10
I've ironed tissue paper and wrapping paper too, you should see the big box of tissue, paper and gift bags I have. After we open our Christmas gifts I put all the wrappings into a large shopping bag. Later I remove all usuable paper, ribbons, etc. and also check to see that a gift wasn't discarded by mistake.
Guess I started early because as a kid we wrapped gifts with white tissue paper and used glue to hold it shut. Any gift boxes and tissue we received were saved. That's back when department stores gave you nice boxes with covers and put tissue paper around your gift inside. I used to buy my godmother a hankerchief for Christmas, it costs $1 and the sales gal put it in a special hanky box with tissue paper in it. No other wrapping, ribbon or gift tag was needed. Nowadays we're lucky to get a flat gift box and never stays open correctly. May in Jersey
Guess I started early because as a kid we wrapped gifts with white tissue paper and used glue to hold it shut. Any gift boxes and tissue we received were saved. That's back when department stores gave you nice boxes with covers and put tissue paper around your gift inside. I used to buy my godmother a hankerchief for Christmas, it costs $1 and the sales gal put it in a special hanky box with tissue paper in it. No other wrapping, ribbon or gift tag was needed. Nowadays we're lucky to get a flat gift box and never stays open correctly. May in Jersey
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