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From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing)
Leah L Watts wrote:
I've always suspected Do Not Wash, Do Not Dry Clean, Spot Clean Only
was a synonym for We
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Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:21 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: RE: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question
At 10:40 AM -0600 3/5/06, Betsy Marshall wrote:
My information is that dry cleaning helps
One of the things I learned in my studies was that legally, clothing
manufacturers have to put a care label on their garments, and they
have to
test the garment in what ever method they recommend.
Not that all manufacturer's actually _test_ the garments ... I think
Tommy Hilfiger still
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing)
One of the things I learned in my studies was that legally, clothing
manufacturers have to put a care label on their garments, and they
have to
test the garment in what ever method they recommend.
Not that all
, 2006 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing)
One of the things I learned in my studies was that legally, clothing
manufacturers have to put a care label on their garments, and they
have to
test the garment in what ever method they recommend.
Not that all
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Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 9:11 AM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing)
Hi--
I was a designer / patternmaker and technical designer in the garment
industry for 24 years. Do not blame the manufacturer (the people who
actually sew the garment) for the wording
Leah L Watts wrote:
I've always suspected Do Not Wash, Do Not Dry Clean, Spot Clean Only
was a synonym for We Couldn't Be Bothered To Test This But Don't Want To
Be Held Responsible.
I picked up a gorgeous fully beaded and sequinned evening gown at a
local thrift shop with just such a tag.
At 10:40 AM -0600 3/5/06, Betsy Marshall wrote:
My information is that dry cleaning helps preserve the fabric treatments
used by the manufacturer- either fabric or clothing processes; so fabric of
wool, linen, silk or combinations thereof, _can_ be washed, just be prepared
for the
Can someone point me in the right direction for info/resources on best washing
methods fof various natural fabrics, especially linen and wool. I know that
many of my off the rack 'modern' clothes specify dry cleaning, but if I were to
wash my linen and wool yardage first (cool water of course),
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Kahlara wrote:
Can someone point me in the right direction for info/resources on best
washing methods fof various natural fabrics, especially linen and
wool. I know that many of my off the rack 'modern' clothes specify dry
cleaning, but if I were to wash my linen and wool
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From: Lloyd Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question
It has been my experience that much of the clothing bought today is
labeled
'dry
the fabric.
Bjarne
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From: Kahlara [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 2:10 PM
Subject: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question
Can someone point me in the right direction for info/resources on best
washing methods
in the washer
on cold and let the chips, er, scraps fall where they may.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Kahlara
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 7:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question
Can
One tip, especially for linen - take your yardage and zigzag the two raw
edges together, into a loop, before you wash it. It's the quickest,
simplest way to make sure you don't come out with a spaghetti bundle of
frayed threads.
Jean
Kahlara [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Can someone point me in
If you really want to know about properties and care of various fabrics,
get
a college textiles textbook. It will have all the technical details. You
could look for a used one on alibris or abebooks.
I took a Textile class in graduate school. Everything you wanted to know
about fabric! Great
Denise wrote:
I took a Textile class in graduate school. Everything you wanted to know
about fabric! Great class. The text we used was _Textiles_ (eighth edition)
by Sara J. Kadolph and Anna L. Langford. I'm sure there are lots of copies
floating around in bookstores or on the internet. I think
, 2006 12:46 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] abuse of fabrics (aka care and washing) question
If you really want to know about properties and care of various fabrics,
get
a college textiles textbook. It will have all the technical details. You
could look for a used one on alibris or abebooks. You don't
no problem at all with washing pure linen - reacts a lot like an untreated
cotton - as long as you pre shrink it (washing machine, hottest setting) it'll
be pretty much fine in normal washes.
obviously depends on the looseness of the weave, etc, (if a very loose weave,
it may need shrinking
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