Regarding pressing Rachel, I'm not careful. Sometimes I would use a lightweight terry washcloth but most times do not. Why? My old linens pressed easily, today's do not. At all. The overall crinkle just doesn't change, with Best Press, diluted vinegar, and other tips you've offered me. Pressing on a cloth does little to smooth them, and I don't mind them since I like a more aged primitive look. But it annoys me when I can't get a crisp finish on anything. To me, a light dampening or spritzing is important but I found for the first time, a few hand dyed linens can be ruined. Rachel's linen I dyed myself after several attempts to remove an unwanted undertone. Obviously PTP or ??? because I had no issue at all. But the new colors (like the green Buttermilk) can't even take a spritz without bleeding let alone a full dip to tone the green. So how do we press if there are fold or obvious creases? Steam is not enough. Dare I try a dampened pressing cloth? Maybe that would work since the moisture is evening distributed. Any suggestions?
Carole is having some concerning issues today, I'm waiting for the nurse to call.
Hope your day goes well.
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All I can suggest is treat the hand dyed linens like dried out brown sugar - seal it in a bag with damp towel and let sit overnight. Treat it like way back in the old days when my Mom would sprinkle the laundry and let sit in a bag before ironing. Maybe a small rack or something between linen and damp towel so there's no chance of getting water right on the linen but still allows the moisture to circulate freely? Or... I wonder if it would work to fold the creases in the opposite direction, pin or baste them in place, and press under books for a few days?
I'm sorry Mark is exhausted from the leaves. I'd suggest a lawn sweeper to pull behind the mower, but it looks like you have far more leaves than we do. I'm not sure how much work it would save. DH lets our trees loose most of the leaves before he even thinks about cleaning them up. I hope it's nothing to serious or unexpected with Carole.
Hello, I find to press any linen, craft or clothing, put it in a light weight plastic bag, close the bag, and then put it in the freezer for 30 minutes (it doesn't have to be precisely that time, but no shorter) then take it out and iron straight away with no steam. it works well for me. Hope that helps... Robyn Sydney Australia
The leaves may be exhausting, but they sure are beautiful. My maple tree does not change color...just kind of turns brown and does not shed its leaves until December.
Interesting tips for getting out the creases by Gail and anonymous...not that I will remember them.
Wow...those leaves are amazing!!!! (Yeah, I can say that because Mark can't slap me or tell me to shut my pie hole LOL). That last photo is just beautiful. Me, I'd leave them as I'd enjoy looking at them. We don't have that many...or they are spread over a larger area. And the one blessing to the never-ending wind here in Nod is that the leaves we have never "stay" long. No neighbor's yard to worry about...and, for all I know, they are in Kansas by now. Robyn's suggestion is too unique to not try...I hope you do - and, if you do, you fill us in on how it worked. Hope Carole's issues are not overly serious. ~Robin~
Love the autumn colors of the leaves and there are many here too.
My stichting is rolled up when I put it away. When it is finished I take a kitchen roll and wrap it around with some tissue paper to store it away.
Hope it will be allright with Carole and not a big issue.
Take care and sending lots of love,healing prayers and a big hug your way,Truus from Holland
I have done the freezing method described by Robyn above, Marly, but I usually dampen the fabric first. Have never tried it on overdyed linen, though. Hope Carole is doing better today. And you! ♥
I use Best Press and also use tips I discovered on Flannel Jammies Floss tube episode #5. Pat Ryan from R&R shows us how she irons. Leaves…husband finally hired someone to cut grass and do a fall cleanup for us. Not that expensive but we have a small city yard but tons of leaves not from our lone dogwood but all those city trees. We even get oak leaves from the cemetery a city block away and across a Main Street. Hope Carole issues can be resolved easily.
I’m trying DuckDuckGo as my default browser rather than Google. They claim to not track you like Google which helps to keep away the advertisers. Plus the search you do produces unbiased results despite your search history. Besides, Google is a behemoth and their ever expanding agenda is the stuff of horrible futuristic nightmares, only it isn’t futuristic.
Hi Marly: I got rid of Google Chrome, no more problems.
I have had problems with ironing out wrinkles, there is a product out there OESD Perfect Embroidery Pressing Cloth, it is amazing.
We just mulch the leaves with the lawn mowers, it goes into the lawn over winter adding lots of nutrients plus less work.
I hope you are getting better, also I hope Carole is doing better.
Hugs
Catherine
I understand the leaf situation, I live in the woods. Thanks for the pressing advice. I have a piece of hand-dyed that I ruined recently. I have taken to rolling my fabrics on ancient wooden spools used in a factory. Ever so slightly damp has helped. I wind some unbleached woven tape around the wood first. While these are smaller pieces I am not sure how I would do a larger piece. Well, back to the wool work!
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