I hung the skirt on the back of the bathroom door and just one shower was enough to loosen most of the wrinkles out of both layers of the silk!
I have some modifications to do to the skirt hem and I'll press to get the creases that I want, but it looks like there's little to none of the other creases and wrinkles. alex always happy to find a process that requires minimun effort on my part :) On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> 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. >> > > Don't do the damp and dryer thing, that will just make it worse and you will > lose crispness. I have good luck with a little steam, it doesn't have to be > super hot. I use a lot of dupioni remnants for linings and they are always > wrinkled. If you can press on the wrinkles with the creases pointing up, > like this ^ it's better than pressing them the other way. > > If you have a small bathroom and can get it really steamy, you might try > just hanging the skirt and seeing what will fall out of it that way. > > > > Dawn > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- "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
