I would think they would dry clean just fine. They are a rock, after all. You're not supposed to dry clean pearls, because the chemicals damage the nacre. Sharon C.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 3:13 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Has anyone here beaded garments with real stones I just received in a mail (from India) a large multiple strand of little citrines, pretty but almost certainly not of the highest gem quality. If nothing else the stringing is awful and I hate the clasp, so they'd need to be restrung. But, they are essentially beads, a teardrop shape with a hole pierced through across the narrow end. So I might be able to sew them to cloth assuming I can get a narrow enough needle. Problem: I am sure they will wash, being stones, but I am not sure they will dry clean. And I think they'd work best attached to a medium weight to heavy, dry-cleanable, rather fancy fabric. Has anyone tried using real stones for beading and dry cleaning them? Or should I just have them restrung into a better quality of necklace? Thanks for any info. Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns www.lavoltapress.com www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
