Would fray check work? How big are the motifs? Katy
On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 6:46 AM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden <aylwe...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've tried that but it bubbled - because the thickness of the threads under > the embroidered flowers prevents it from sticking at that point. > *Aylwen * > > > On 18 May 2012 20:39, <annbw...@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Looks gorgeous on the outside but the > > mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. > > > > Could you back it with a lightweight fusible? > > > > Ann Wass > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden <aylwe...@gmail.com> > > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > > Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 5:12 am > > Subject: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( > > > > > > Any helpful hints appreciated - I have a commission to make a regency > gown > > rom a woven embroidered silk dupion. Looks gorgeous on the outside but > the > > mbroidery is shedding like mad on the underside. What would you do to it > > o save the day? It is supposed to be a wow gown and all I feel like doing > > s crying :( > > Aylwen Gardiner-Garden* > > > > > > Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy < > http://www.earthlydelights.com.au > > > > > > > Jane Austen Festival Australia* <http://www.janeaustenfestival.com> > > ______________________________________________ > > -costume mailing list > > -cost...@mail.indra.com > > ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
