[Regia-NA] Hemming (was: help with hand stitching. (Chris Knight))

[Chris Knight]

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Tracie Brown [SMTP:trbrown@uga.edu]
>Sent:	Wednesday, October 22, 2003 11:57 AM
>To:	list-regia-na@lig.net
>Subject:	[Regia-NA] Hemming (was: help with hand stitching. (Chris Knight))

>    Sounds like you've got a good project going.  Were you
>planning to pre-wash and dry your wool?  If you wash it on
>the hottest setting, then machine dry it on the hottest
>setting, you will get some fulling action, and you'll be able
>to machine wash (cold or warm, gentle cycle) your garment in
>the future without worrying about shrinkage. (Hang it to dry,
>however, since dryer heat will shrink it more than wash water
>heat.) It will also have a less-modern looking finish to it,
>and it won't look brand spanking new. IMHO.
>    Please send/post photos.
>-- Tracie

thoes are great ideas, about how much will this process shrink the wool? I'd 
hate to wash it and then find I now dont have enough yardage to make my 
tunic. Im probly going to start on one of the linen tunics first before I 
begin on the wool one. and I could post pics as soon as I get a scanner or 
digital camera. this will all take a while because they will be my winter 
projects for me so I can have them ready by the late spring and summer.
                                                                             
                                Chris

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