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- From: morrison@cup.hp.com (Bobbie_Morrison)
- Subject: Re: Velvet
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:30:11 GMT
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- Laura Penberthy (t-laurap@microsoft.com) wrote:
- : My sister said that she would make me a long black skirt
- : for a concert, and I would like it to be velvet. She
- : hasn't worked with velvet before, and wanted to know if
- : anyone has any comments or helpful tips. Please reply
- : to t-laurap@microsoft.com.
- :
- : Thanks! Laura
-
- Laura, I would think twice about a skirt in velvet. Unless you use
- cotton velvet which doesn't have much pile (and isn't very lustrous)
- you will crush the pile where you sit down, and have a strange looking
- spot on your rear end while standing up.
-
- I just finished an evening dress of velvet (the bodice was velvet, and
- the skirt was silk). I discovered that velvet isn't all that hard to
- work with, but I kept two things in mind: steam press it very gently
- (don't ever actually touch the iron to the pile of the velvet), and handle
- the velvet as little as possible.
-
- Oh wait, : one other very noticeable thing... when sewing two pieces of
- velvet together they will try to work apart as you sew (this is due to
- the pile). I used two different methods for holding it steady, 1) pin basting
- on the seam allowance (this is where you use pins lengthwise along the
- seam line to act like hand basting. don't sew over the pins.), and
- 2) I sometimes hand basted the seams before I sewed them on the machine.
- Then while sewing, periodically pick up the presser foot and allow the
- layers to relax.
-
- Hope this helps. Good luck.
- --Bobbie
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- Hewlett-Packard
- Commercial Open Systems Lab
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