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
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