[h-cost] embroidery question

[Bjarne og Leif Drews]

Not that i have ever tryed to embellish gold on velvet, but i can tell that 
in some 18th century garments, there is trace from a layer of silk gauge 
wich they used between the velvet and the gold, so that the gold wont 
disapear in the plush of the velvet. A kind of invisible support on the 
velvet. When the embroidery is done, the surplus silk gauge is cut away, so 
it wont show.
And not again that i have made embroidery on velvet yeat, but it is not as 
difficult as you think, to embroider a large piece of material, if only you 
have a proper frame, i do it all the time with my big frame and my waistcoat 
and jacket embroideries.

Bjarne





Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk

http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ 


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