[Artemisia] Embordery Question

[Suzanne Semich]

Have you ever tried to soak the threads in viniger to set the dye. I have 
tried this with clothing (Levis) and it does help keep them from fading 
longer. not sure how it would work on threads though.
Annabella
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "S CLEMENGER" <sclemenger at msn.com>
To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Embordery Question


> Silk would be more appropriate for colored embroidery than linen (as the 
> embroidery thread), but I wouldn't sweat it overly much if you have to 
> resort to cotton.  If you do, do buy the best quality.  And watch out, in 
> either case, for colors that tend to run--you can work with them, for 
> sure, but you do have to treat them more gently (I'll have to tell you 
> that particular horror story sometime in person!)
> --Maire
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Suzanne Semich" <magpie at wyoming.com>
> To: "Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list" <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Embordery Question
>
>
>> Thank you!!
>> I am planning a smock and am having to use a linen cottan blend and from 
>> the
>> pictures I was having a hard time figuring what thickness would be best. 
>> I
>> was debating on a couple of strands of floss or a #8 or 12 type crochet 
>> type
>> thread. I want to use silk or linen but am unsure if the pocket book will
>> agree to that.
>> Annabella
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi, Annabella.  Depends strongly on the kind of embroidery, and the 
>> > scale
>> > of the design.  I saw a pretty wide variety at the V&A.  What kind of
>> > embroidery where you thinking of?
>
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