Fluffing Chenille By The Inch®

Add 4 -5 drops of fabric softener to 4 oz of distilled or bottled water and add mixture to a spray bottle. Tap water contains chlorine (a bleach) and may contain minerals that might stain your fabrics and should be avoided. The fabric softener makes fluffing go faster, but is not essential.

First, hold your chenille brush flat against the sewn chenille strip, with the long direction of the brush parallel to the direction of the strip (not crossways to the strip). Press down and brush with a circular motion, first clockwise, then counter-clockwise. Repeat until the edges of the sewn strip begin to fray. Keep the brush flat to use the full surface of the brush.

Next, lightly mist the strip with a few sprits from the spray bottle. Then brush again with the same circular motion as above. Chenille is completely fluffed when the stitch line is not visible.

Removing Backing

To remove backing, hold both sides of Chenille By The Inch® fabric with the thumbs at the center stitch line, and gently pull by rolling the wrists outward. The backing will separate at the stitch line. Work the center stitch line, then progress from the center out to the sides. The object of this step is just to part the stabilizer at the stitch lines, not actually remove it.

Next, beginning at the center, pull off a strip of stabilizer longways. Continue pulling off strips from the center outwards, removing every other strip. The remaining strips will then be even easier to remove.

If you experience excessive static cling while removing backing, try wiping the backing with an anti-cling sheet as used with clothes dryers.

Laundering Chenille By The Inch®

Because of minerals and chlorine (active ingredient in bleach) found in tap water, we encourage you to use distilled water when spritzing and brushing your sewn chenille strips. Also, there is no need to saturate the strips, just a light mist of water does the trick.

Always launder dark colors with a dye-absorbing product such as Dye Magnet by Woolite, or Color Catcher by the maker of Shout. Both of these products may be found in the laundry products section of your favorite store.

Another excellent product is Synthapol, which is used to remove any loose dye particles at the end of the dyeing process. Synthapol may be found wherever fabric dyeing chemicals are sold. Follow label directions.

Always promptly remove laundered items from the machine.

Should you experience bleed from Chenille By The Inch®, do not heat set the dye by drying. Immediately relaunder using one of the products above. This usually removes the dye particles.

Removing Lint from Chenille Brush

Rap the brush, bristles down, on a hard surface. The lint will move towards the bristle tips. Then flick the bristles with your thumb.