100 Details in 100 Days: Day 3

Linen should be damp when you iron it. Keep a spray bottle of water near your ironing board to dampen your linen just before you iron it. Some people suggest putting linen in the freezer for a day before ironing, but I have great results just misting the linen. I have ironed out folds that seemed like they would be permanent. Okay, that is a little obvious for some of you, but when I mentioned it at my guild meeting last Saturday, it was news to several long time stitchers!

Also, if you use spray starch, make sure that you spray the fabric and let it sit before you apply the hot iron. Otherwise, you will just be starching the bottom of your iron. The starch needs to soak into fabric in order to be effective.