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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sandra, post: 301369, member: 3335&quot;]The serious linen mavens become aghast at the mere mention of bleach in the care of linens, but I am using table and bed linens passed to me from family.&nbsp; My grandmother, mother and myself have all used chlorine type bleach when required and so far, (100+ years), so good. Try soaking them in very hot water with a laundry detergent containing bleach and see if that produces results you find acceptable.&nbsp; I change the water several times during the soaking process as it seems counter-productive to soak in dirty water.&nbsp; I rinse, rinse, rinse until there is no cloudiness from soap residue in the water, then roll in a towel to absorb excess moisture and iron while still wet, this gives a nice crisp finish without the use of starch.</p><p>Most of your examples show the result of a dear lady wanting to enhance their home and for this reason, I find it hard to discard them.&nbsp; The small pieces could be tied into drawer sachets, if lavender is available in your area that&#039;s lovely, but any dried fragrant plant might do.&nbsp; The larger pieces could be used in place of gift wrap.</p><p>To my amateur eye, #1 (trapunto I believe as Judy does),&nbsp; #5 &amp; 6 crochet, #7&amp;8 tatting, #10-12 embroidery, #13 crochet trim on machine made center and the last 4 embroidered place mats. The rest I believe are machine made and most of the hand worked examples would fall into the 1920&#039;s-40&#039;s range.</p><p>I hope you can find a way to utilize some of them and find appreciative homes for the rest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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