Making Muslin Care Easy – How To Look After This Investment

1. Making Muslin Care Easy – How To Look After This Investment?

2. Caring for your muslin curtains is not going to be easy if you haven't done a proper research on it. If you are using this cloth for the very first time regardless of what project it is, you should be aware of a few ways to make sure that this investment lasts you for at least a few months if not a whole year. Prolonging the life and preserving the quality of your muslin stage curtain will be governed by how you use and care for it in the long haul.

3. Sewing Your Own Muslin Curtain - How Should You Care For It? There are people who prefer to sew their own stage curtains with muslin. They believe in customizing the material to their liking. This is a good thing but before you start sewing and caring for this material, understand that it is not precisely known to be the easiest to handle and maintain to begin with. You need to dry the fabric thoroughly after it has been prewashed. This will ensure that there is no shrinkage in the material and that it is ready to be used as soon as possible. It is applicable especially if you are making use of unstitched muslin cloth to create pieces according to your specifications and needs on stage. In any case, if you want to make sure that shrinkage does not ruin your project, make sure to calculate how much extra fabric you will need before you begin with your sewing machine.

4. Trivia Time Remember to always invest in a bit of extra fabric. This is known as stabilizing cloth that you are going to use as a backing depending upon what you are sewing. This will also make sure that no extra stress is put on the final piece when you stitch in the last loops.

5. Caring For And Washing Your Muslin Curtain Without Ruining It Hand Washing • Begin by filling a large sink with lukewarm water • Add two caps of any mild liquid detergent • Add the clothing and submerge it well into the soapy water • Use your hands to agitate it for a few minutes • Let the piece soak in the water and detergent • After a few minutes, squeeze out the water gently while running fresh water simultaneously • Repeat the cycle of gently agitating the cloth and squeezing out the detergent until it has no liquid left • Dry under shade

6. Machine Washing • Fill up your tub with warm water • Add adequate amount of liquid detergent • Add fabric and water softener • Submerge the cloth completely • Put the machine at delicate setting for about 15 minutes • Transfer the washed cloth into the dryer and take it out the moment it is done

7. Final thoughts Muslin originated in the Middle East around the 9th century. It became popular all around the world very rapidly because of its versatility and the long list of uses that it can easily be put to. All in all, the easiest way to care for this cloth is to opt for a delicate machine cleaning cycle and try to dry it under indirect sunlight or preferably a shady area during a sunny day. You should be able to preserve its quality and prolong its life very easily.

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