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Old January 13th 05, 02:45 PM
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Default Ready made curtains: creases due to packaging

Every time I buy ready-made curtains they come out of the pack with
deep creases on them, where the curtain has been folded. I invariably
have to spend a lot of time ironing them to get the unsightly
Last night it took me 2hrs to iron a pair of 66inch x 72 inch drop
polycotton curtains, using an iron and a damp cloth.

Any ways round this horrible job -- I am buying some 90 inch x 72 inch
curtains soon for the lounge!

Bruce

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Old January 13th 05, 03:51 PM
Barbara Raper
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If they are a poly / cotton blend ( maybe for the kitchen or bedroom ) I
hang them and then use a spray bottle of water, set on a fine mist. They
usually dry with no crease. HTH Barbara in FL & SC
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Every time I buy ready-made curtains they come out of the pack with
deep creases on them,


Hang them creased and puff steam at the creases out of the iron. For
really creased areas, hold them taut while puffing the steam at them.

and explore!


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Old January 13th 05, 03:59 PM
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If they are a poly / cotton blend ( maybe for the kitchen or bedroom

) I
hang them and then use a spray bottle of water, set on a fine mist.

They
usually dry with no crease. HTH Barbara in FL & SC
:
Every time I buy ready-made curtains they come out of the pack

with
deep creases on them,


Hang them creased and puff steam at the creases out of the iron.

For
really creased areas, hold them taut while puffing the steam at

them.
and explore!



Thanks. I suppose the best option is to buy made-to-measure curtains
which arrive carefully pressed and folded.

Incidentally, my bedroom window is 108 ins wide x 60 ins drop. Every
curtain shop I went in advised me to buy *at least* 90 in x 72 in
curtains, but I have found the 66 in x 72 in, with minimum gather, look
fine for a bedroom.
I suppose it depends how much gather you need for the curtain. My
lounge curtains will need more.

Bruce

Bruce

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Old January 14th 05, 06:27 AM
admom
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ready? lazy/desperate method--i toss them in the dryer on "delicate" along
with a damp towel, wetted and wrung out as tightly as i can. i let it run
only long enough to let them tumble with the dampness and have a short
"ride". when they are taken out, it has to be quickly, so no new wrinkles
set in, and hung either on the line, or folded gently--but the dryer has
been my friend in this for a long time!

admom


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Old January 14th 05, 07:00 PM
Valkyrie
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I'm with you on this one! If the curtains are 'washable' I toss them in the
dryer with a few damp towels and let them tumble for awhile and then just
take them out and hang them up. So far this has worked fine for me. The last
time I did this I had 6 sheer panels to go up on my living room window. I
just took one panel at a time out of the dryer and let the rest tumble as I
put each in turn on the rod. Twenty minutes from start to finish and not a
wrinkle in sight.

I got rod pocket curtains for my bedroom, poly/cotton, with matching bed
skirt and shams, they all got the dryer treatment as well and they look
great without being touched with an iron. I just got a new Maytag front load
stack unit and it has a "wrinkle release" cycle. Now I don't even have to
check, it has a lovely little tone that softly bongs when the wrinkles are
gone........how does it know that???

And the soft little bong tone just makes me smile because it brings back my
childhood dream of being an elevator lady. When I was a very little girl I
remember shopping at Fredrick & Nelson's in Seattle. It was always quite a
special occasion. Always had to wear my little hat and Sunday gloves, since
it was very important to always be a lady back then. We'd go to the
department store and all the sales ladies were dressed in black with pearls
and the store smelled so good. I just loved riding in the elevators. I was
absolutely enthralled with elevator ladies with their perky hats and white
gloves, they were the most beautiful women I could imagine being ~sigh~ When
you were in the elevator she'd say "Floor please?" then you'd hear the soft
'bong, bong' and she'd have her little stick to swing back and forth across
the doorway as it closed and say, "Step back, please step to the back" in
this lovely soft voice. ( I used to practice this particular technique in
the hallway coat closet with a wooden spoon for hours on end, calling out
the floors as I opened and closed the door, must have drove my mother nutz!
LOL) They were always impeccably groomed, wore lovely gray suits with
matching little pill box hats and white blouses and gloves, single pearl
earrings and beautiful patent leather heels and seams in their stockings.
There was also the niftiest little fold down stool in her corner and one of
the ladies used to let me sit on it. Lordy, I would be just thrilled! You
have no idea the disappointment I had when I found out there were no more
elevator ladies and my dreams of a career were totally shattered. Oh, the
disappointments of childhood.

Still mourning,
Val


"admom" wrote in message
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ready? lazy/desperate method--i toss them in the dryer on "delicate" along
with a damp towel, wetted and wrung out as tightly as i can. i let it run
only long enough to let them tumble with the dampness and have a short
"ride". when they are taken out, it has to be quickly, so no new wrinkles
set in, and hung either on the line, or folded gently--but the dryer has
been my friend in this for a long time!

admom





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Old January 14th 05, 07:45 PM
Karen Maslowski
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Val, what a charming tale. I can so see you, pretending to be an
elevator lady in your closet! When I was in the fifth grade,
Mother/Santa gave me a Barbie Fashion Show, which was really not much
more than a painted cardboard stage-like thing. I spent hours upon hours
scheming, and designing the various outfits for the fashion shows. Also,
when I was a girl the local paper's society editor used to describe each
bride's going-away outfit in the announcement of her wedding. I remember
plotting out all the accessories (pill box hat, clutch bag, kidskin
gloves, patent leather belt, etc.) for each outfit. It was excellent
training for becoming a "lady" someday.

That's what childhood should be about--pretending, and "trying on" all
kinds of different roles. I wonder if today's kids, like my nephews who
sit in front of the TV all day long playing their video games, will have
such rich fantasy lives.

Karen Maslowski in Ohio

Valkyrie wrote:

hilarious bit of childhood memory snipped
You
have no idea the disappointment I had when I found out there were no more
elevator ladies and my dreams of a career were totally shattered. Oh, the
disappointments of childhood.

Still mourning,
Val


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Old January 17th 05, 03:46 PM
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Valkyrie wrote:
I'm with you on this one! If the curtains are 'washable' I toss them

in the
dryer with a few damp towels and let them tumble for awhile and then

just
take them out and hang them up. So far this has worked fine for me.

The last
time I did this I had 6 sheer panels to go up on my living room

window. I
just took one panel at a time out of the dryer and let the rest

tumble as I
put each in turn on the rod. Twenty minutes from start to finish and

not a
wrinkle in sight.


Sounds a good method. Unfortunately, I don't have a tumble dryer.

Bruce

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Old January 17th 05, 07:30 PM
BEI Design
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Maureen Wozniak wrote:
toss them over the shower rod and leave them for a while. Sometimes, the
creases will hang out.


Yabut, you have to remember to run hot water in the shower...

;-)


 




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