Why did Grandma used to make quilts? Why should you? Should you? Should you take perfectly respectable fabric, cut it up in little pieces, and then sew it back together again in a different order? Grandma used to make quilts to keep her people warm. She’d take apart old clothing and use it in quilts, [...]
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what is thread count?
Posted in bedding, Uncategorized on Sep 10th, 2010
You’re at the store, looking at new sheets. The packages proclaim mystifying numbers: 200 count, 600 count. One even says 1000 count. What does it all mean? In modern bedding, this number refers to the number of threads, per inch, that make up its weave. The higher the number, the more threads. A low number [...]
how to wash a pillow
Posted in bedding on Jan 11th, 2010
Maybe. Because cheap pillows, like the ones you buy at Wal-Mart for $5.99, won’t weather the process in a way you’d desire. They’ll come out looking like nothing you’d want to put your head on…lumpy and strange. Who wants to put their face on lumpy and strange? But a nice, high quality pillow can be [...]
folding a fitted sheet
Posted in bedding, organizing on Jun 15th, 2009
The Damsel has been asked to teach a lesson on folding fitted sheets. You know, the ones you sort of roll up in a ball and stuff in the linen closet, because trying to fold it looks no better anyway? But before the lesson, here’s another idea to consider. It’s called “No-Linen-Closetology”, from the book [...]
how to make hospital corners
Posted in bedding on Jun 3rd, 2009
When Grandma showed the Damsel how to make hospital corners, long, long ago, she had just one question. Why? Grandma had a perfectly good explanation, but first let’s ask another question. What the heck are hospital corners? They are simply a way of folding and tucking in bed linens. Apparently they were named “hospital corners” [...]
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