How ably hand quilting/aembroidering to a very light cotton batting. Done with a metallic thread and sorry of couched it would at to the richness and image of a brocade which was also period in turkey at the time. Just a thought. -----Original Message----- Date: Thursday, January 12, 2012 1:48:37 am To: h-costume@mail.indra.com From: lili...@earthlink.net Subject: [h-cost] How to stiffen rayon
I have some cellulose rayon fabric, the kind that looks and behaves a lot like cotton, but has a very soft hand. I would like to find a way to make it less drapey so i can turn it into an Ottoman entari. It is printed with a very hard to find pattern, chintimani, http://home.earthlink.net/~al-tabbakhah/cintamani.html which i have not been able to find in a more suitable fabric. The garment will be lined and faced. But i'm afraid the outer rayon fabric will droop away from it. A friend recommended starching the fabric which might be good before cutting it out, but the garment will need to be washed and the fabric may droop after washing. If i use an interlining, i'm concerned the rayon will gradually sag unevenly away from it. Is there some way to bond whole pieces of fabric to a soft interlining? Some bonding agents have been recommended, but i'm not sure that they are suitable for whole garments. Or any other suggestions on what i can do to maintain the fabric in a somewhat firmer state? Thanks _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
