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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4351887, member: 602"]<p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #b30000"><font size="5"><u><b>UPDATE!</b></u></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: center">WEEELLLLLL, SUM TOTAL OF AT LEAST 5 hours today and at least 7 or more yesterday, my results, I feel, are mixed, but I'm satisfied enough to use it IF I can find a Clear tablecloth cover tomorrow at Walmart!!! I just CAN'T go through this again!!! I DID TRY as [USER=9773]@ulilwitch[/USER] suggested with working up from the bottom....THAT WAS A MUST, but the fabric softener did not work for me.......I was very gentle, but for me, had to stick with my finger nails (what I have of them!!).....and I did HAVE to cut the fringe to about HALF of what it was before.......HEY, I had to survive this ordeal!!!! AND Thanksgiving IS just around the corner, so here are the results.....I did the best I could under the circumstances!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">First, what I had to work with:</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]361330[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The results of the first comb and trim.....</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]361331[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The finished results, combed, ironed & folded, leaving me a good 6 inch overhang all around the table.....yes I had to trim to approximately 2 1/2" fringe.....and I did not iron the fringe....I kind of liked it the way it is.....just me.....[ATTACH=full]361332[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">Thank you ALL for your help and suggestions!!!!!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie82" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 4351887, member: 602"][CENTER][COLOR=#b30000][SIZE=5][U][B]UPDATE![/B][/U][/SIZE][/COLOR] WEEELLLLLL, SUM TOTAL OF AT LEAST 5 hours today and at least 7 or more yesterday, my results, I feel, are mixed, but I'm satisfied enough to use it IF I can find a Clear tablecloth cover tomorrow at Walmart!!! I just CAN'T go through this again!!! I DID TRY as [USER=9773]@ulilwitch[/USER] suggested with working up from the bottom....THAT WAS A MUST, but the fabric softener did not work for me.......I was very gentle, but for me, had to stick with my finger nails (what I have of them!!).....and I did HAVE to cut the fringe to about HALF of what it was before.......HEY, I had to survive this ordeal!!!! AND Thanksgiving IS just around the corner, so here are the results.....I did the best I could under the circumstances!!!:happy::happy::happy:[/CENTER] [CENTER]First, what I had to work with: [ATTACH=full]361330[/ATTACH] The results of the first comb and trim..... [ATTACH=full]361331[/ATTACH] The finished results, combed, ironed & folded, leaving me a good 6 inch overhang all around the table.....yes I had to trim to approximately 2 1/2" fringe.....and I did not iron the fringe....I kind of liked it the way it is.....just me.....[ATTACH=full]361332[/ATTACH] Thank you ALL for your help and suggestions!!!!!:singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing::singing:[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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