Many years ago, my sister in law made her wedding dress. under skirt was taffeta and the over skirt was lace from the bodice to the floor. When she finished the gown, she took it to the cleaners to have it pressed. When they returned it to her, we discovered they had pressed the lace against the taffeta and the lace design was pressed into the taffeta and had changed the color of the taffeta. So think it might not necessarily be the iron that caused the problem, but the fact that the iron was too hot and was pressed directly against the lace. Just a thought as it was truly a devastating experience for my sister-in-law, who two days before the wedding ended up buying a dress off the rack because her beautiful one-of-a-kind was destroyed. Believe the best way to press the lace is to put a white towel over it and then press it with an iron that is not too hot; e.g., synthetic or silk setting. Sallie
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:22 PM, Rick and Sharon Whiteley < [email protected]> wrote: > I should add that, besides the black collar that ran all the little fibres > that came off the other black lace also spread dye . I had been using a > white cotton cloth underneath the lace on my ironing board. When the iron > gobbed they ran as well. Curiously, the colour was more of a very dark > blue, I had thought some of those early black dyes might have been green. > Sharon > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003 > - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
