Oops sorry, I should have said Piper's spun silk 80/3. Their 80/3
twisted gloss is only one wrap different in thickness, but it's
filamentor reeled silk which is shinier and very slippery to use on
bobbins.
Floss silk is reeled silk but it's not plied and has very little twist
- it's made for satin stitch embroidery as it spreads out and covers
the surface well. Pipers only do one size of floss silk, 90 denier,
which is quite a bit finer than the 80/3.
Brenda
On 15 Jun 2008, at 15:26, Sue wrote:
So am I looking at the spun silk or silk floss. I have only used one
lot of silk before which I used for a lace label, but a friend bought
it for me and sent it to me in the post to try.
I certainly found some gorgious colours just now once I found the
right site, L0L. I am good days and others I am hopeless at looking
through websites.
Thank you Brenda and Jean, I have saved that on a piece of paper for
when I need to choose. I wonder how many days go by looking and
choosing, <g>
Sue T
Hi Sue
Pipers sell their own silks, they don't stock Guetermann. Piper's
80/3 is the same thickness as Guetermann 100/3.
Any haberdashery shop/department store which has a good range of
stock items is likely to have Guetermann 100/3 as it's the silk
equivalent of cotton Sylko, and is what should be used for stitching
seams if you are dressmaking with silk fabric.
Brenda
Thank you for the information so far, but can someone tell me where
I might
find gutermann silk 100/3 in the uk please.
I have had a quick look on pipers silk and have looked on your site
Brenda,
but am not sure what I am looking at, quite frankly.
Do you ladies buy gutermann over here or do you buy another make. I
know as
Wendy and I are both trying to work along the same lines and
encouraging each
other on the way, I know Wendy wants to buy the gutermann but dont
feel that
smp lace sell that.
Thanks Sue T Dorset UK
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