Concerned About Growing Old?

[Marie2020]

the way various fabrics hold odors is well know in this house because of how much fabrics that Mom deals with for her quilting that are given to her from people who use fabric softeners or those smelly house scent things or even laundry detergents which have a lot of perfumes/scents in them.

I've used organic castille soap for years. For my shampoo soap and detergent
I add vinegar salt, rosemary and lavender oil.

To get rid of the smells I'd use bicarbonate soda, if really bad peroxide.

I can't bear the stench of bleach plus it's cancer genic

it took us some time to find a laundry detergent that Mom can tolerate, but she may also rinse the fabrics with water and vinegar or for the whites add some bleach to help get rid of the extra smells. sometimes she's washed things several times and still had them stink too much for her to use.

the other day i put on an old t-shirt that i'd not worn before, it was pretty scratchy - probably because it had never been washed before either - i'll see how it feels after it gets washed...

 

[Marie2020]

The bad news…I absolutely agree the fabrics are thin , scratchy and stitching not reinforced. A lot of things are different with textile industry today.
I have a hard time finding clothing I like . I prefer solid material to the gaudy prints on fabrics today.
The good news…. No ironing required.
I read an article about what happened to the textile imdustry in the US . Basically the textile industry in the United States was forced out of business , over a period that saw less developed nations open their labor force to outside industry investments. In the 1970s, countries like China opened their doors to the country for manufactures of low technology, high labor products, like textiles.

I really miss those lovely cotton sheets and pillow cases.

The plastics added in our clothes can't be good for us

 

[Marie2020]

I'm a T-shirt and jeans gal and it's so hard to find 100% cotton anymore. I have to admit that the spandex in jeans makes them a bit more comfortable, but I'm in no hurry to get rid of my thrice patched cotton garden jeans. Also the synthetic shirts seem to hold on to smells after washing. I thought maybe I was just going crazy but I came across a YouTube video of a lady talking about it and how to remove the odors.

I also am a novice quilter and love working with denim and men's cotton shirts. It took a few years, but I can pretty much tell by feel whether they're cotton or not and even some of the cotton ones are ridiculously thin.

With you all the way as regards the Jeans a tee-shirt's
Same here, on the feel of recognising the a material.
Cotton has definitely left our world. Yet we purchase the so called cotton anyway