Caring for your Embroidery August 01 2014

Normally the care label instructions pertain to the garment, not the embroidery. Special care should be taken when laundering embroidered garments.  Follow these general rules to care for your embroidered items.

1. Home Laundering

• All embroidered garments should be washed with a mild detergent
• If bleach is required for washing, a small amount of chlorine bleach can be used. Non-chlorine bleach in accordance with product instructions is preferable
• Machine wash cold water
• Delicate wash cycle
• If color residue appears in water, rinse first in lukewarm water and then cold several times until rinse water becomes clear
• Remove promptly after wash cycle completion
• Never leave any piece of embroidered clothing soaking or in water or lying in a pile when wet
• Do not wring out the embroidered articles
• Do not rub stained embroidery

2. Dry Cleaning

• Embroidery may be dry cleaned, however, extreme care should be exercised when dry cleaning. Special care must be taken when dark shades are dry cleaned. Avoid use of pre-spotting agents.

3. Ironing

• Embroidered fabrics should always be ironed on the reverse side
• It is recommended to iron embroidery between two pieces of cloth
• It is not recommended to wet embroidery prior to ironing or to use a steam iron