[Artemisia] Fabric suggestion

[WLLIAM DEBATES]

I wish my wife was up right now.  She could give you more insight.  My suggestion would be to take it to a dry cleaners.  They often do a test to make sure the fabric is acceptable to either washing or dry cleaning.  Ask them to do the test and if they know what they are doing they will be glad to assist you.  My wife worked for a laundry company for a few years.

You might give that a try.  They could possibly tell you what kind of fabric it might be.

Guillaume
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sondra Gibson<mailto:sgibson at edulog.com> 
  To: 'Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list'<mailto:artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org> 
  Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:16 AM
  Subject: RE: [Artemisia] Fabric suggestion


  Greetings!  

  I like your idea of pinning your piece of fabric to something before washing
  it.  Made me think that if you pinned it to an old piece of white fabric you
  could tell if the color tended to fade as well.

  Gefjon


  >When I have a fabric that I hope is washable, I cut a piece out of one
  > corner. Then I lay it flat on a piece of paper and trace 
  > around it. Then I
  > safety-pin it to something (usually a bath towel) of similar 
  > color that's
  > going in the laundry.
  > 
  > That way I can find the piece again easily when it's done. I 
  > lay it over the
  > tracing to see if it shrank, and assess its general 
  > condition. If it came
  > out OK, it's washable. If it didn't, whether or not I will 
  > use it depends on
  > whether I'm willing to spend more money on dry cleaning.
  > Hope this helps!
  > Caryn
  > 
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