It should be. I do this all the time when building and I've done it on muslin flats. Run your string over a large-ish piece of cheap chalk; you don't want "good" chalk that doesn't make dust, you want that dust.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexandria Doyle Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 8:30 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Chalking a line For my current project I need to couch a silk cord in a geometric pattern on to silk fabric. Most of the lines will be at a straight 45 degree angle. I will be doing this by hand as well. My idea to mark the placement of these lines involves a chalk line snapped against the silk that can then be marked with a disapearing marker so they last until I get to that section of the 7 inch by 5 yards piece. I can use a cork board with a grid marked and pins to get the lines at the proper angle. What I'm wondering is about chalking the string. Would rubbing a piece of chalk against the string between "snaps" be enough to have enough chalk to transfer? Anyone done anything like this on fabric? alex -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with. _______________________________________________ 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
