Fusible backing with thin linen on the inside. Non scratchy and cool. Sharon C.
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of lynlee o Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:16 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] embroidery and irons > I can't stand the scratchiness >of the embroidery on a couple of outfits I bought in Florida the last >time we went down for a shuttle launch, so, I need to devise a partial >lining that won't make them too hot. I do commercial embroidery by machine. The embroiderer probably used a syntetic instead of cotton underthread. You can't change that now, but there are fusable backings which you can iron on to soften the backing. >I concluded that the way to get an old-fashioned iron was to just buy an >old iron. There are a lot of them out there. I am very hopeful about >my upcoming vintage GE (and since it has a polyester setting it can't be >an antique!), but if that does not live up to its unused-looking shiny >promise in the seller's photo and description, I will just keep buying >old irons till I get one that works.My iron is a Sunbeam domestic one from about 15 years ago. In light of your comments, I am in no hurry to "upgrade" to a new one. The thing I found then was that most of the ones on the market were "nice and light" to make ironing "easy". I had one and biffed itas instead of letting the weight of the iron do the work, I had to push down on it to do any meaningful ironing. Give me a nice heavy one any day.I guess you get used to your own equipment. The one thing I do to look after it is to only use distilled water so I don't get gunk building up.Not only does it cause gritty bits to fall out, it plays havoc with the theromstat. All water is not equal. The less minerals the better for irons and car batteries.Lynlee _______________________________________________ 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
