Re: store bought sheets with SELVAGE?!

I think I remember this thread from the first time around.

I have some king-size sheets with selvage edges. It's a tuck selvage, but you have to look pretty close to detect that, and it appears to be holding up as well as a real selvage. I got the muslin from Dharma

It was fairly easy to tear off three yards and hem the ends.

Except that I ordered thirty-three yards, so moving the bolt was far from easy. And I didn't have any table as long as the fabric is wide.

The majority of it is still on the shelf -- but I know now to adjust my ironing board to the same height as the shelf, so getting the next two or three yards off should be less of a struggle. (Three yards for a sheet, two yards for pillowcases.)

The original date of the thread was 5/26/1996 with the last post to it was on 5/31/1996.

I prefer the selvedge sides. The sheets were straight and they did not curl.sheets made in the us had different looms. Looms for twin, double, etc , So sides were selvedge.now they are made out of the country on giant looms, then cut to size. Since sheet making left the US, I have not had a completely square one.vthe never fold nicely. I iron sheers. My sheets are all long chain ctton grown in California, shipped to Sri Lanka or somewhere, where the fabric is spun, sheets are made and shipped back to the US.