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Show KandBing Materials - Labels on ready-made garments gar-ments and fabrics are an important impor-tant guide to their care and will repay you well in the long run. These directions will tell you what temperature to use for pressing, as well as tips on the types of cleaning necessary. If your label tells you wool is preshrunk, you won't have to shrink it yourself. If not shrunk, do it thus: Wet a three-yard piece of muslin, wring it out and lay over the wool. Roll both fabrics fab-rics together smoothly and allow to stand for 12 hours. Then remove re-move wool, hang to dry You may then be sure there will not be shrinkage after the garment is cut and sewed. If you are an inexperienced seamstress, select only small prints and checks so that they can be matched easily to other pieces during the sewing. |