My mother has summer blouses made of Liberty's lawn, whenever she can
get it. They get bundled in the washing machine along with everything
else and are absolutely fine.
Jean
On 16/02/2012 13:37, Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi, all,
Has anyone machine washed and/or dried Liberty of London cotton lawn? What was
your result?
Unnecessary explanation:
I have some Liberty of London cotton lawn that I want to use for historical
costume on 1:12 (dollhouse) scale dolls.
When I buy fabric to costume humans and other mammals I *always* wash it first,
because mammalian activity is such that inevitably one will wish to wash the
costume someday. I am overjoyed that my 18th-century-style worsted gown was
washable after I spilled a kettle of fish chowder on it.
But dolls? Dolls mainly just get dusty.
The LoL lawn is labeled hand wash or dry clean. So, yes, that is what I
*should* do.
But I really want to throw it in the machine once before I commit to cutting it
out, so that, should the dolls later wander into some fish chowder, the
disaster could be mitigated.
I also hate what dry cleaning does to fabric anyway.
So I'm having trouble talking myself out of a preliminary machine wash. I'm
okay with line drying.
Thoughts?
Thank you,
Lauren
Lauren M. Walker
lauren.wal...@comcast.net
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