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The Emporia => Fun with Fabric => Topic started by: Efemera on April 18, 2018, 17:29:54 PM

Title: Denim?
Post by: Efemera on April 18, 2018, 17:29:54 PM

I’ve got yards of denim..it has no Lycra and is really stiff, is there any way of softening it?

Title: Re: Denim?
Post by: sewmuchmore on April 18, 2018, 17:46:48 PM

Years since when jeans were really stiff we used to wet them through, roll them up and freeze them. Apparently freezing breaks down the fibres. Then thaw them out and stick in washer with a tennis ball and copious amounts of fabric softener.

Title: Re: Denim?
Post by: b15erk on April 18, 2018, 17:50:17 PM

Apparently the modern way is to wash in Coca Cola!  Not the diet stuff though 

Title: Re: Denim?
Post by: Samantha on April 19, 2018, 10:22:28 AM

Quote from: b15erk on April 18, 2018, 17:50:17 PM

Apparently the modern way is to wash in Coca Cola!  Not the diet stuff though 

Title: Re: Denim?
Post by: Ploshkin on April 19, 2018, 11:12:28 AM

The only thing you can really do is wash it several times before using - gets the shrinkage problem out of the way too.

Title: Re: Denim?
Post by: wrenkins on April 19, 2018, 11:56:39 AM

Rick Parfitt used to get somebody to pre-wear his.  :D