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Posted by Doreen Hendrix on May 3, 2008, 12:29 pm
Joy Beeson wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 12:07:41 -0700 (PDT), gjones2938
>
>> Anyway, the only way to solve the problem is to cut off the hem at the
>> fold and remove it completely. You'll see that the grain is off. The
>> easiest way to get it straight is to tear a new edge, then press up a
>> new hem, carefully following the grain of the fabric.
>
> I've bought sheets that were so far off grain that this method could
> give you sheets that are half a yard too short.
>
> Not recently, though. It takes decades to wear out a set of sheets
> made of Dharma's "scenery muslin", which was all I could find in wide
> cottons at the time. Nowadays, wide *linen* shows up on fabric.com
> now and again.
>
> Joy Beeson
This interests and puzzles me.
We have two sets of high thread count sheets. Both have creases in the
3-1/2" wide top hems and 1" wide bottom hems. There are also creases
along the 1" side hems on one of the sheets; the other has narrow side
hems, with no creases.
One set and its creases predate our front loading wm. I remember trying
to steam press the creases that appeared when I first took the sheets
out of their packaging and washed and dried them. The fabric is woven
alternating satin and 'dull' stripes, which make it easy to see that the
sheet is hemmed on grain.
In my case, this seems to leave only the combination of high thread
count and wide hems as causative.
Doreen in Alabama
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