[amayausers] Re: Embroidering on Silk
- From: "Shuffletown Embroidery" <shuffemb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 09:47:33 -0400
Roland,
What a story! I embroidered and initial on an antique linen cloth that a
friend was restoring. She sat right beside me while I did it, too. Talk
about anxiety!
Unfortunately, that was long enough ago that I can't remember exactly how I
did it. I'm sure I used a conventional hoop and a tear away stabilizer.
If I were to do that today, I would choose Floriani's Stitch 'N Wash
stabilizer. It tears away cleanly and any excess left in small spaces washes
away with mild agitation in soapy water. Unlike WSS, there are non-soluble
fibers that remain behind the stitched areas to support the embroidery after
washing. I'm beginning to sound like a commercial. :) I just love the stuff.
Mary
Mary Buckle
Shuffletown Embroidery
Charlotte, NC
704-398-1273
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[mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roland R. Irish III
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:22 PM
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Subject: [amayausers] Re: Embroidering on Silk
I don't know if this will help....but today we ran off an initial (2
1/2" script) on the corner of a pure white tablecloth with some pale
pattern going through it-and kind of hemmed like an old blanket...I'd
almost have guessed a damask or something? Really nice material,
expensive looking...and all white of course...so we draped a large
piece of material I had over the whole table and area around the
amaya. The cloth was folded into about 18" fold-in a paper bag and
the customer had pulled it out and showed me where to embroider the
intial at an angle in the corner. So I figured...easy job-just use
the speed frame, keep the cloth covered, no problems getting it dirty.
Was going to use tear away, but then figured this was really nice
feeling cloth, I'd try something I'd heard about for silk and other
fine fabrics...double layer of solvy only behind it with the auto
tension turned on.
Well, we ran it off...color she picked for the thread was just barely
seen-a good light contrast. (she wasn't around-just Sue and I ) and
it looked great.
I pulled the 'folds' off the table to flip the corner back to peel
off the solvy... and inside on the other corner was a silk flower
pinned to the edge of the cloth with a tag from a very upscale
antique store...
WE HAD JUST EMBROIDERED ON A 101 YEAR OLD PERFECT CONDITION
TABLECOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:-O ohmygawd!!!!!!!
If we had screwed that up.... :-O
Next time we will ALWAYS find out what it is!
But boy, for once everything worked, it came out great, and using
solvy-it looked like it was hand embroidered years ago.
She loved it!
If I had known it was that old-I would either not have done it-or
charged a lot more than $10!!!!!!
But I'd say try the silk with just solvy....should work fine!
Roland
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