I have not done what you're describing, but I just checked with a friend who is a jewelry maker. She says the stones would survive dry cleaning, but the color may change. She said she wouldn't risk it.
I've sewn beads (glass pearls) onto fabric with a standard beading needle. Claudine >________________________________ >From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> >To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> >Sent: Monday, October 3, 2011 3:13 PM >Subject: [h-cost] Has anyone here beaded garments with real stones > >I just received in a mail (from India) a large multiple strand of little >citrines, pretty but almost certainly not of the highest gem quality. If >nothing else the stringing is awful and I hate the clasp, so they'd need to be >restrung. But, they are essentially beads, a teardrop shape with a hole >pierced through across the narrow end. So I might be able to sew them to cloth >assuming I can get a narrow enough needle. > >Problem: I am sure they will wash, being stones, but I am not sure they will >dry clean. And I think they'd work best attached to a medium weight to heavy, >dry-cleanable, rather fancy fabric. > >Has anyone tried using real stones for beading and dry cleaning them? Or >should I just have them restrung into a better quality of necklace? > >Thanks for any info. > >Fran >Lavolta Press >Books of historic clothing patterns >www.lavoltapress.com >www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress > > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >h-costume@mail.indra.com >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
