You may end up having to glue it to something anyway -- the skins on my vintage mink are so fragile that if I re-stitch it, it just tears again.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "Land of Oz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If the fur is going to be a lost cause in the end this is what I would try: > purchase some very thin pigskin (dress glove weight) and glue it to the hide > side of the fox. Use a flexible leather glue. > > I'm sure that is not the way a conservator would do it, but if you want it > to be sturdy enough to use it needs a sturdy base. > > Otherwise you are faced with restitching all the fur pieces together with > new thread, I think. > > Denise > > _______________________________________________ > 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
