Pardon me for butting in... Fiber makes a difference. Dont even try to fuse plastic velvets. The fusible temp & the softening temps are too close. You're likely to get iron-prints & crushed areas on your velvet.
Now, how to put that fusible on the back of a natural fiber velvet. I'd use something light weight like Fusi-Knit as you dont want the velvet to lose it's wonderful drape. Just put a terry towel on your ironing board. Place the velvet face down. The nap of the towel prevents the nap of the velvet from crushing. Leave it to dry in place on the towel Really. Turn off the iron & walk away. When you pick your pane up off the towel, you can revive any crush areas with steam & a toothbrush, if you have a natural fiber velvet. This doesnt work with plastic velvets. --cin Cynthia Barnes [email protected] >Did? ironing on the interfacing flatten the pile? to any degree ? >>I have seen Panne velvet really cheap but was put off by the stretch factor, I wondered if fusable interfacing would cure this., but worried about the pressing making more problems then? it cured. melody _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
