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Posted by cycjec on October 17, 2006, 5:02 pm
is much easier than putting it back on. I think
I need to beg for an un-bent empty bolt.
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Posted by Kate Dicey on October 17, 2006, 6:32 pm
cycjec wrote:
> is much easier than putting it back on. I think
> I need to beg for an un-bent empty bolt.
Try pressing 10m of 90" wide freshly boiled and dried cotton and then
getting THAT back on the roll... I gave up and folded it! ;)
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Posted by cycjec on October 20, 2006, 2:12 am
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> is much easier than putting it back on. I think
> I need to beg for an un-bent empty bolt.
has anyone ever done this?
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Posted by Candide on October 20, 2006, 2:42 am
> >
> > is much easier than putting it back on. I think
> > I need to beg for an un-bent empty bolt.
>
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> has anyone ever done this?
Yes, and am here to tell you won't do it again EVER. In fact got so fed
up after only half way through actually PAID to have the fabric (a bolt
of cotton canvas that was going to pre-wash then put back onto bolt),
sent to a fabric pre-washing service (yes, such things exist), to do the
job.
Fabric pre-washing services put the blot/roll of fabric on one end, send
the material though a tunnel type washing/drying machine for
laundering/drying then rewind said material at the other end. This is
how showrooms, designers, commercial sewing, etc deal with
pre-shrinking/laundering large amounts of fabric.
Putting lengths of fabric onto a bolt or roller is not as easy as one
thinks. Material has to be kept under the right amount of tension and
guided properly otherwise after only a few meters it begins to swivel
off centre and so forth.
Candide
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Posted by Joy Beeson on October 20, 2006, 11:36 pm
wrote:
> Putting lengths of fabric onto a bolt or roller is not as easy as one
> thinks. Material has to be kept under the right amount of tension and
> guided properly otherwise after only a few meters it begins to swivel
> off centre and so forth.
Not to mention all the mysterious wrinkles that become pressed-in
creases. Fortunately, the only thing I have a roll of at the moment
is unbleached muslin, and I dealt with that by tearing off exactly one
yard, washing it thoroughly -- overnight soak in soapy water etc. etc.
-- drying in the dryer, then I re-measured it and pinned a note to the
bolt so that I can tear off a piece that will be the right size after
it's washed. This also keeps loom-state fabric available in case I
want to make something that's *supposed* to shrink.
I made a pair of pillowcases from the swatch. The muslin is a bit too
coarse for the soft pillows, but not quite coarse enough to label the
hard pillows.
Joy Beeson
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I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.
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