We have a pair of fairly old curtains in the kids playroom which were left by the previous owners. We haven't replaced them yet cos they cover a whopping great french window, and we thought 'it's a playroom, so they'll probably get trashed anyway'.
In a fit of enthusiastic cleaning I decided to wash them today. Thought they were heavy cotton and could probably stand it, and just used a delicates 30C wash. But now I've taken them out, they're all wrinkled and I think they've shrunk slightly where there was a sort of woven pattern. I think the linings look longer than the hem -eek! - but it's hard to tell...
B*gg&r! WHy didn't I just fork out and get them dry-cleaned. Now I'll probably have to buy new curtains after all, and we can't really afford it.
Any ideas? Should I try to stretch them while they're still damp, or wait and try to steam iron them flat again?
Wonder if a dry cleaner would be able to restore them almost to normal?
Help!