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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
