Hi Aylwen, Is the embroidery separating from the fabric? Can you catch the threads on the underside with a catch stitch and sew them in a bunch to each motif? Then flat line the fabric in a really lightweight fabric. I could be more helpful if I saw a picture. Can you send it privately?
Best Regards, Monica -----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Katy Bishop Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 8:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Help - shredding silk :(( 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
