Thursday, January 7, 2010

What fabric shrinks in the wash?

cotton, linen, rayon, tencel, wool, silk, acrylic, acetate, nylon (rarely), polyester (rarely), polyurethane (rarely)What fabric shrinks in the wash?
100 % Cotton shrinks in the wash, use hot water ...





Pre - shrink it if you are going to sew something.


As a kid I used to sew all my own clothes...bought the material with my babysitting money.


It was a different era than now.What fabric shrinks in the wash?
why do you want to shrink a fabric? buy the size you want at the time and it will look much better.
100% cotton always shrinks. You can not dry the item and that will help it not to shrink
100% cotton as well as wool.

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