How to Take Care of Linens

Taking care of your linens is important to ensure the longevity of your items.

Whether that includes your aprons, dish towels, tote bags, or anything in between, you want them to last, right? The best place to start is with washing. We all know how it is when you’ve had a long day of cleaning, cooking, or being outside, tiring! But now it’s time to wash your clothes, cleaning supplies, and linens. Thankfully, sticking your linens in the wash is okay! But make sure that you use only luke-warm or cold water so that the fabric doesn’t shrink, fade, or permanently wrinkle. Same goes for putting your linens in the dryer!

When storing your linens away, make sure they are in a cool, dry place. That could be your all-purpose closet or in the laundry room! It’s up to you. One last thing, if you want to iron them, you can totally do that! But there’s not really a need to, unless ironing is therapeutic for you 😉

Materials We Avoid Using in Our Products

Acrylic, nylon, and polyester, oh my!

These are the most unsustainable fabrics that are used to make a majority of big companies’ fast-fashion clothing pieces. Why do we avoid these materials?

Most polyesters on not biodegradable, meaning they can take up to 200 years to break down if they are put into a land fill. Acrylic production involves highly toxic chemicals that can be dangerous to the health of factory workers. Nylon is partially derived from petroleum, one of the dirtiest industries and forms of energy (Kaitlyn, 2021).

Kaitlyn. (2021, April 10). A guide to the most and least sustainable fabrics. A Guide to the Most and Least Sustainable Fabrics. Retrieved December 1, 2021, from https://www.eco-stylist.com/a-guide-to-the-most-and-least-sustainable-fabrics/. 

These are just a few of the frightening facts about these unsustainable materials, but this gives us motivation to offer the most earth-friendly, sustainable linens you can find in the textile industry!

There are things you can do today to slow down the production of these toxic materials. The best place to start is to shop small from businesses who source their materials ethically and using materials that do not harm our planet. Check out our Etsy shop to see our bestsellers that use sustainable, second-hand linens!