HI Fran,
You've entered the fun and exciting world of gems and jewellery (I'm
a Canadian so we spell it that way too ;-)). Tig here is right but
then we also can get into discussions of different terminology used -
for example, semi-precious can be a bit of a hot button with a lot
of
Actually, I was talking about sewing on beads, onto a fase of thick wool
felt backed with interfacing. I don't do much jewelry making with
wires, although I have in the past. I am more interested in sewing. But
again, it is by hand and is a bit time consuming, if making a piece that
is really
I've done pearls and garnets. It was a renfaire costume (King) that saw a lot
of use. We didn't dry clean though, we used Frebreeze on the inside, and
occasional gentle water rinse. I think we did end up of using Dryel once.
Everything held up just fine but then garnets are a dark color and
From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com
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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
: 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
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
I have sewn Indian garnets and (horrors!) thousands of 2nd grade rice pearls
onto a forepart. The forepart was dry cleaned several times over a few years
of wear and I had no problems with either; however, I used to have a very
special dryclean company that has since gone the way of all good,
It depends on the stones. Diamonds rubies are very hard to fracture.
Opals, pearls emeralds very easy. I accidently laundered my tanzanite
ring when I left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans. It did color change
slightly. Worse, the setting got scratched. Check the Moh's hardness scale
for
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
As some one who does a great deal of beadwork, several things come to
mind. First, use the correct thread, not regular sewing thread. Beading
thread comes in different thicknesses. Second, if there is an area of
the fabric to which you are going to multiple stones, some sort of
interfacing is
Many gem stones are dyed or treated to enhance their color. I would test
both cleaning methods on a few of these stones before sewing them to
anything permanently. They might come out clear at the other end.
Denise
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Instead of trying to sew them directly on to hte dress, why not make a
really over-the-top beaded collar with them?
I am tempted to take up jewelry making, since I am fascinated by the
colors of stones. I have what is probably an illusion that all I need is
wire, pretty but low-grade
Claudine wrote -
I have not done what you're describing, but I just checked with a friend
who is a jewelry maker. She says the stones would survive dry cleaning,
but the color may change. She said she wouldn't risk it.
Claudine's jeweller friend has the right of it.
As a gemmologist,
Cin, quartz is very hard. Try a good dry cleaner.
Sharon C.
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Instead of trying to sew them directly on to hte dress, why not make a
really over-the-top beaded collar with them?
I am tempted to take up
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