If your clothing freezes on the line - leave it for the wind to whip out the ice - the fabric will be wonderfully soft & good smelling. Just be sure to get out of the way of those sheets when you're hanging them out - they turn into boards when they freeze & really hurt if they hit you.
Patty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Penny Ladnier Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 3:07 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Ironing (Was Linen Shir)t I wonder if this cooling method comes from mothers who put out their laundry on the clothesline in the winter and the fabric froze. I had not experienced the freezing laundering syndrome until we moved to Illinois. My son's cloth diapers froze stiff on the clothesline. From all my years of living in the Deep South, I had not experienced frozen laundry until then. We didn't have a clothes dryer in our apartment and I had to iron his diapers. At the time, we were snowed in for a week. A friend of mine grew up in Nebraska. She told me that her grandmother ironed everything year round. I recall my mother ironing sheets and pillowcases. I do have a couple of question about ironing. 1. I had mentioned previously on this list that there is a correct way to iron. Can someone point me to a webpage that shows the correct way to iron? I put my dress in the freezer for the night. If ironing wet linen causes it to stretch, is there a particular way to iron it to decrease the amount of stretch? 2. I had some 100% white cotton Priscilla curtains that I need to iron. I paid a lot of money for these curtains and really love them. In the past years, I starched them to remove the wrinkles. The last time that I washed them, they were yellowed from the starch. I bleached them but can't get rid of the yellow tinge. 2A. Is there another way to get rid of the yellow tinge? 2B. Is there something other than starching to assist keeping the curtains crisp longer? Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
