Good recommendation for long hair velvet. Most of the long haired velvet embroidery that I have seen has the work on a lighter fabric and then appliquéd to the velvet. I have rarely seen this technique done on velveteen.
De -----Original Message----- 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
