Hurray! Thank you! Lauren M. Walker lauren.wal...@comcast.net
On Feb 16, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Jean Waddie wrote: > 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 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
