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by diamondfowler 24 Jul 2012 ( edited Jul 25'12 04:44 )
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I was just wondering if you cuties washed your dish cloths before embroiderying on them, they change so much after washing, so do you iron them? I would like to do a lot for Christmas. Hugs Diamond

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by sewemb 24 Jul 2012
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If they come out a little wrinkled I do iron them after washing.
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by susan 24 Jul 2012
+8
I wash and iron them before emb'g and then again when done to wash out the stabilizer, then I steam iron them again.....Sue
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by dino 24 Jul 2012
I do the same.
by pinon 24 Jul 2012
Me too.
by nhsmith55 25 Jul 2012
Same thing here!
by thecraftycritter 25 Jul 2012
Same for me.
by pennyhal 25 Jul 2012
Me too!
by diamondfowler 26 Jul 2012
Well I sure do Thank ya'll for the answers, Looking forward to doing them for gifts

Thanks Diamond
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by cjmelm 24 Jul 2012
+7
I do...
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by pcteddyb 25 Jul 2012
+5
Yes - I wash and dry before stitching and then wash and dry again afterwards. I have not ironed them before (did not seem to need). I have ironed the back of the embroidery after washing if it needed (just the embroidery part).
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by justonlyme 25 Jul 2012
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They are going to shrink a LOT! So definitely wash them. You might even give them a spritz of starch when you are ironing them to give them some body to embroider on. That has helped me quite a bit. And I've also learned the hard way to use a WSS topper when doing anything thick like that. Otherwise the stitching just disappears.
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by diamondfowler 26 Jul 2012
They sure do, I was suprised how much they shrink! Hugs Diamond
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by kttyhwk4 25 Jul 2012
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Wash them first as they are going to shrink.
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by airyfairy 25 Jul 2012
+4
I wash and iron. Sarah.