What’s all this talk about Linen!

In life sometimes you find a hidden Jem!  I found that in Dulcie, this incredible seamstress with an eye for detail and her impeccable tailoring instantly become is a prefect match for The Golden Apple.  I love simplicity, quality, uniqueness and that’s what you will find here at The Golden Apple time and time again.  P.S. Dulcie has such a love for sewing that all products are made outside her full time career as a real estate agent.  

Why pay $25 for a linen tea towel?  You can go out and buy other cheaper tea towels, I sure have and after the first time you wash them they will never look like fresh tea towels again!  With Linen it is readily refreshed every time you wash and iron it.

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Linen is one of the most expensive and sought after of the plant-based fabrics and it is self-evident because of many good properties and qualities.  Did you know that linen comes from flax fibres and was used by the Egyptian 6000 years ago!

• Linen can absorb up to 20% of its weight in moisture. It draws heat away from the body, keeping you cooler in the warmer months and gives warmth during the cold months of the year. It has great thermoregulation.
• It is the second strongest fabric after the silk. Linen is about 30% stronger than cotton, making linen fabrics durable for several decades
•  It draws heat away from the body, keeping you cooler in the warmer months and gives warmth during the cold months of the year. it has great heat conductivity. This makes linens highly desirable for sheets, clothing, and drapery in warm climates.
• Being a natural fiber it is really cosy and comfy to wear.
• Great abrasion resistant. As linen is good in strength, it also has good abrasion resistance.
• Because of the natural flax, there are no allergic reactions using linen and hence it is helpful in treating a number of allergic disorders.
• Not electrifying. Since line is made of flax, even a small addition of flax fibers to a cloth is sufficient to reduce or eliminate the static electricity effect.

Care

Linen can be washed in a washing machine at 40°C on a gentle cycle or linen wash setting. The spin setting should be set to low. 

There is no need to iron linen garments. Natural creases and crumples gives linen its drapey, relaxed, soft feel. But if you love ironing - iron while the fabric is still damp. Use a medium-hot iron on the steam setting. 

Once you start using linen in your home you won’t use anything else.  I even have a linen quilt on my bed and I absolutely love it!  

💕 Caroline