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I am looking for kitchen towels to embroidery but many warn of problems with shrinkage if you don't wash cold and line dry. Does anyone have recommendations for a kitchen towel that embroiders well that is "low maintenance" afterwards?
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asterixsew
11 Nov 2016
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Hi and welcome. To start suggesting kitchen towels it would help to know which part of the world you are in. I buy from a great place and I live in the UK. Any use?
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Hi! I didn't realize this is world wide but how wonderful! I'm in the USA, Texas to be more specific. :) I'm hoping to make Christmas gifts to give to friends, which is one reason I'd like them to be fairly easy to keep looking nice. I'm thinking kitchen or hand towels would be good.
I just went & checked out the site parkermom above reccommended. They look good. I think I'll order a couple & see how they do myself!! If I am reading it right, the flour sack towels have been washed & dried.
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Welcome! I wash mine normally then throw them in the dryer, then I know if it shrinks or not and by how much. Waffle towels seem to shrink the most. It can depend on what design your putting on to whether it matters or not. Marian Sydney/Australia
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These days you don't get such a lot of shrinkage like you used to but as already said the waffle tea towels will crinkle up the most.
I don't was mine before hand and have had no complaints.
Meant to say Welcome from Brisbane Australia.
I don't was mine before hand and have had no complaints.
Meant to say Welcome from Brisbane Australia.
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Hi Carolyn, I buy cotton ones from our local Coles supermarkets and they are fabulous. If you have a look at my avatar and click on PROJECTS you will see some I've made. Good luck with whatever you buy, love Chris
Also welcome from me Chris, Newcastle, Australia.
Also welcome from me Chris, Newcastle, Australia.
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me too chris...wendy
I loved looking at your projects just now, Chris. Happy Saturday
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dragonflyer
12 Nov 2016
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Hi Carolyn and big Welcome to our Worldwide Community!!! I get many of my hand towels from Costco...they also have great kitchen towels too...I find their quality very good and so is their price...the only issue would selection of colors...but I guess you have that anywhere...
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I have bought many towels from ACS Home and Work. They're thick, and come out of the washer and dryer great. I've never run into one with a thin spot, as can happen with some discount ones. I'm in rural Arkansas, and we don't have a lot of selection. Here's their direct link:
http://www.acshomeandwork.com/c/flour-sack-linens/flour-sack-towels/
http://www.acshomeandwork.com/c/flour-sack-linens/flour-sack-towels/
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Forgot to add--I wash these in my regular white clothes loads--hot water, detergent, and bleach, and dry in a hot dryer. No problems ever. They don't come out of the dryer all wrinkled up either--just smooth and fold and go.
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Last year I made towel & potholder sets for the ladies in our family but I gave them at Thanksgiving so they could enjoy them for Christmas. I have did them for other holidays too. If you use a good quality cotton for the border they wash up great. I buy bleached muslin for the towels & they wash great.
Bea
Bea
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Beautiful...I never thought of using muslin for kitchen towels...but these are just lovely!
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graceandham
13 Nov 2016
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Welcome to Cute. The cotton ones should be fine once preshrunk.
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Welcome to cute. I don't know if you are in the USA. I buy many of my towels at TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning,Walmart , Kroger and Big Lots. I buy mine to stitch and resale and like to not have more than $2. in each towel. At most $2.50. I have also bought some on line was was mostly disappointed. If you buy on line , only buy a few and you will know if you want to re order . Kay
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I agree totally with katydid, including stores in USA and $2 limit.
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Welcome to Cute Carolyn! I am another that will always pre-wash before stitching so I do not have any surprises. When ever I purchase materials I pre-wash all Iron and sometimes even starch if needed and then when I have finished appliques or stitching on a design I know that this will be the way that they will come out of the wash for the recipient that the gift was meant for. Nothing worse than realizing you wasted a good day of stitching as well as thread and towel to get a product I would not even want to use myself. Well worth preventing the frustration by preparing in advance and working with towels that do not distort into a shriveled up mass as some of the waffle weave towels can do. Happy Stitching!