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Quick Tip Tuesday: Keep the pythons out of your dryer

May 13, 2014 by SewMaris 8 Comments

Probably most of you serge or zig-zag the cut ends of your just-purchased fabric prior to running it through the washer and dryer in preparation for cutting out a new garment. Good idea! But an even better idea is to connect the two cut ends so your fabric forms a circular-tubey-like thing, and then stitch or serge them together. It should look kind of like a giant infinity scarf when you are done.

Fabric serged into a tube for laundering by Sew Maris

Sewing your fabric ends together into a tube prevents the dreaded twisting/snarling/mass of fabric from squeezing the very life out of everything else in your washer and dryer. Who needs a python in their dryer? 😉

Happy sewing!

Maris

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  1. Cindy

    May 13, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    I can’t wait to try this!

    Reply
    • SewMaris

      May 13, 2014 at 9:14 pm

      You will love it!

      Reply
  2. Melissa W

    May 13, 2014 at 5:04 pm

    I serge the cut ends before I wash, but “Doh!” didn’t think to sew them together!

    Reply
  3. SewMaris

    May 13, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Judy Barlup actually told me this tip years ago – it’s a good one!

    Reply
  4. Sarah - Fabric Tragic

    May 14, 2014 at 2:41 am

    I should but I don’t……sigh!

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    • SewMaris

      May 14, 2014 at 6:16 am

      Haha Sarah – sometimes I am in too much of a hurry to get my fabric under the sewing machine to do this too – but I usually regret it when I skip this step because it takes some much more time/hassle to get it dried thoroughly. Give it a go!

      Reply
  5. Deanna {sewmccool}

    May 20, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Wow, what a great idea! Sharing this! Thanks Maris!

    Reply
    • SewMaris

      May 20, 2014 at 9:22 pm

      You are welcome! I love tips that are useful AND easy, right? 😉

      Reply

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