The trouble with that is that silk taffeta has water soluble sizing so it's not going to be as stiff after washing. Elizabeth ------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra, Australia http://magpiecostumer.110mb.com/
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zuzana Kraemerova Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2008 8:59 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Washing silk taffeta I haven't tried it, but I think this would be one of the safest silk fabrics to hand-wash. Julie Parker in her book All about silk says it could be hand-washed - and should be rolled in a towel to dry. The same with silk shantung. Interesting, she does not recommend this for douppioni. Probably because of the shrinkage - shantung and taffeta are more tightly woven, so they would not shrink that much. Zuzana ___________________________ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
