I have a skirt i put together, one silk of duponi and the second of a duchess satin, both silk. How to I get wrinkles out of these fabrics?
The duchess satin is very wrinkled from it's time in storage between purchase and use (several years, I'm sad to say) and yes, there's crease marks on the duponi as well, though not as many. I've tried lightly pressing, but it had little to no effect. The skirt is three panels of fabric, floor length, (more in one panel for a train) and pleated to a waistband. I plan to attach a velvet guard to the front side openings and along the hem after beading and/or couching of much gold cord. I'm hoping that will weight it down and tame the wrinkles at the very least, but what can I do in the mean time? Dampen and toss in warm dryer? Press with a higher heat? Use Steam with higher heat? obviously I don't want to ruin the fabric and I definitely don't want to lose the crispness of the duponi. what should I do? alex -- "I'm buying this fabric/book now in case I have an emergency...you know, having to suddenly make presents for everyone, sickness,flood, injury, mosquito infestations, not enough silk in the house, it's Friday..." ;) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
