With colored linens, avoid excessively hot water and prolonged soaking. Drying - For best results, line dry in drect sunlight until slightly damp. Line drying will provide for easier ironing and wil not distort your linens shape. If necessary, machine dry at low setting. Remove while still damp.
Linens taken from the dryer slightly damp are exactly right for ironing.
W Ironing - Have your linen uniformly damp. First, iron until partly dry, the on the right side to bring up the attractive natural sheen. For embroidered linens, iron face down on piece of heavy flannel, turkish toweling. A thin pressing cloth is an added safety factor when ironing cut work or lace. Because of its resilience, linens will change shape and size as you iron it in any given direction.