Our Fabric Care Advice
Care Instructions for our fabrics. Read about how to care for your fabrics
Our fabrics are not pre-washed. Some quilters like to pre-wash all of their fabrics before sewing to ensure there is no chance of shrinkage or colour bleeding. For best results, we do recommend pre-washing your fabric. Line-drying is also recommended to eliminate any chance of distortion from running it through the dryer.
We Recommend:
- MACHINE WASH COLD
- MILD DETERGENT
- GENTLE CYCLE
- DO NOT BLEACH
- LINE DRY OR TUMBLE DRY LOW (REMOVE PROMPTLY)
- WARM IRON IF NEEDED
More Tips on Washing Cottons:
- Before machine washing, prepare any raw edges to stop fraying. Do this by trimming the raw edges with pinking shears or a pinking blade.
- When washing, use a gentle fragrance-free, neutral detergent on a gentle cycle with cold water.
- Purchase 5-10% extra fabric to allow for shrinkage when pre-washing
- To catch any possible colour bleeding, add several colour catchers into your wash cycle.
- Don't wash precuts before sewing, there is a chance they will shrink and no longer be perfectly square or the right size for your pattern
- Wash light colours separate to darker colour fabrics
Tips on Washing Cottons with Metallic
- When washing, use a non-chlorine bleach on a gentle cycle with cold water. Machine wash with like colours.
- Metallic might be removed in case of strong tumble dry - In this case, it's recommended to flat or line dry.
- Cool Iron if needed.
Tips on Washing Linens:
- Similar to the cottons, wash linens on low temperatures.
- Use a gentle machine cycle and soft detergent.
- Stick to low temperatures when machine drying. Remove from dryer when still slightly damp and hang dry to avoid linen drying stiff and to soften any creases.
- Machine drying is not recommended as it can leave permanent creases.
- Use a hot iron while the linens are still slightly damp if you want to press your linens.
- Wash light colours separate to darker colour fabrics
