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- From: sallyh@StarConn.com (Sally Holmes)
- Subject: Re: how to baste slippery stuff
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.050626.7314@StarConn.com>
- Organization: Starnet-Public Access UNIX--Los Altos, CA 415-949-3133
- References: <1i4ri6INNp75@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:06:26 GMT
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- cb522@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Cathy Atwood) writes:
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- >I'm applying pieces of silk to a polyester backing. The sandwich
- >is *very* slippery.
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- >So--any hints for how to do the basting? Or other alternatives?
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- Are the fabrics washable? If they are, you could try stiffening them
- with spray starch before basting them. It will wash out of the finished
- garment.
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- Sally
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