Gingham is usually a two-color pattern, and popular combinations are red and white gingham or blue and white gingham. The checked pattern can come in a variety of sizes. The gingham pattern is reversible and appears the same on both sides.

“Gingham” comes from the Malayan word genggang, or “striped.” The way we identify gingham, as being a contrasting-check shirt, was not the way in which the fabric was originally known. True gingham is distinguished primarily for being a “dyed in the yarn” fabric, meaning the yarn is dyed before it is woven.

Gingham – Gingham is a plain woven fabric, usually produced using two different coloured yarns, one for the warp and one for the weft. At the spinning mill next, the cotton fibres are spun and twisted into cotton yarn which it then woven or knitted into a multitude of cotton fabrics.

When originally imported into Europe in the 17th century, gingham was a striped fabric, though now it is distinguished by its checkered pattern. From the mid-18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester, England, it started to be woven into checked or plaid patterns (often blue and white).

Gingham is easy to machine launder with cool or warm water using a gentle cycle, which can help prevent wrinkles. You can iron gingham fabric with medium/high heat and the steam setting on.

Bleach will ruin it. The dye from the black portion may not have been set when you first laundered the garment. At this point, it may be permanently embedded in the formerly white stripes. However, you can try washing it using borax laundry powder to see if the lighter portion will brighten.

1) How to clean white clothes Be sure to wash white clothes separately from anything with color, such as dark items or brights. Even lightly dyed items and older clothes can leech dye during a wash cycle, which can stain your whites or give them a dull, grey appearance.

Originally Answered: What color load should you wash a black and white checkered flannel material shirt, in whites or darks? You wash whites separately to keep them white, as colours run.

While it may seem OK to mix the different types of fabrics and different colored clothes to wash your laundry, doing so is actually not a good idea. Dark and light colored clothes should be washed separately in cold water. Washing clothes in cold water will mostly prevent color bleeding between clothes.

You can safely wash black, grey, brown, and other dark colors together. These colors are unlikely to transfer during the washing process, especially if you use cold water….Dark-Colored Clothing

• Black.
• Grey (all shades)
• Dark-brown.
• Dark-green.
• Olive.
• Purple.
• Indigo.
• Navy Blue.

When to use a cold wash cycle? If you’re not washing your bright colours and dark loads on a cold wash setting, you may want to start doing so. Washing your garments on temperatures as low 20°C or as 30°C will protect colours from running while minimising the risk of shrinkage.

The short answer is yes. Sorting, including separating laundry by color, prolongs the life of clothing and other washables. And while skipping the sort doesn’t necessarily mean your clothes will be ruined, taking a few minutes to separate your wash loads just makes good sense.

It’s very important to wash your lights and darks separately, as darker dyes can ruin lighter fabrics. Sort your greys, blacks, navies, reds, dark purples and similar colours into one load, and your pinks, lavenders, light blues, lights greens and yellows into another laundry.

It’s usually OK to put grays in the whites load with bleach. I would expect some small portion of the grey to be bleached out each time you wash, but my experience is that this is usually almost imperceptible.

→ Darks: Grays, blacks, navies, reds, dark purples and similar colors are sorted into this load. → Lights: More pastel-type colors such as pinks, lavenders, light blues, lights greens and yellows are placed in this pile of laundry. → Jeans: All items with denim material are washed together in this load.