velvet woes

[lordofhaladin]

well today, after being sent home from work (yay!) I was playing with the curshing and guess what, ironing it doesn't work, at least for me. but here is what i was doing.... I got it wet, the crumpled it into a ball and ironed the ball, till it was "fried" then I shocked it by putting in in cold air, (to "hold" the crush) here are the pics

the "right" way of the pile



the "wrong" way



face on

well crap. my server crashed. well you get the picture (no pun intended)

anyway, the bad side of this is its not permanant. also its ALOT of work. so in the end, I'm thinking I'm going to age the velvet, (beating time!) and pretend that teh orig is NOT crushed.

Comments

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

here's this too:
http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_sewing/article/0,1789,HGTV_3320_1376877,00.html
and this:
http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/tvt045.asp

but honestly, what I see everytime I take velvet out of the washing machine is perfectly crushed velvet, I've just never tried to dry it by simply hanging or laying flat, or even balled up, to see if that crush stays in it.

Good luck!

[mellymel-cos.livejournal.com]

by the way, your test swatch looks perfect! Just like moss, which is what I've always thought of with this gown.

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

sorry didn't see this post... tahnks for the links.. more testing in order!

[cleopatramwi.livejournal.com]

Yikes! Doesn't sound like fun. But the fabric looks good.

[lordofhaladin.livejournal.com]

yeah, not so much, but thanks!