Coming out of deep lurkdom to ask:
Would using q-snaps be OK for a project stitched in Kreinik Milkpaint Silk Mori? It's quite a large project (14x12 design are) so my other option is a scroll frame. The pamphlet that came with the silk mori says that the silk threads should be dry cleaned.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Gina Beirne
I think I just answered my own question. Should have checked the web first.
Anyway, from the Kreinik web site:
Silk Mori® should only be dry cleaned. Do not wash or wet block silk work. Do not use an embroidery hoop with silk thread in hand stitchery, as the rings, markings or folds left in the fabric cannot be removed by washing the piece. Instead, use stretcher bars, Q-snaps, or scroll frames.
Hey, Gina, I know you answered your own question, but I'm going to confuse the waters for you a bit! My first silk project was a kit from Krienik using the Milkpaints, and when I was done, I washed it in mild soap with cool water, with no damage whatsover. My reasoning was that if I could wash my silk blouse in cold water, why couldn't I wash the floss? Since it's not an overdye, it really shouldn't be a problem. Tegan
... using the Milkpaints, and when I was done, I washed it in mild
Hi, I think you lucked out because you were using the milkpaint colors which are quite pale. Try washing a red or a blue and I bet you'll see running. The warmer the water the more chance of bleeding.
Doesn't need to be an overdye to bleed. Needlepoint Inc. silk floss is the only advertised "washable" out there. The rest are risky, some colors more so than others.
Some Caron Waterlilies will run also even with cold water.
Mavia
Guess it's a good thing my current project is using Needlepoint Inc, then? LOL.. I've used Vikki Clayton's silks, but neither one of those projects required washing when I was done, so I'm not sure how well how hers will do. Maybe I did get lucky. I wonder if using cool/cold water was the key there, also? Tegan
"I wonder if using cool/cold water was the key there, also? " Be the scientist and give it a try. Use the thread in question on some scraps of cloth and then wash one in warm, one in cold.
StitchedTextiles" wrote: "I wonder if using cool/cold water was the key there, also? " Be the scientist and give it a try. Use the thread in question on some scraps of cloth and then wash one in warm, one in cold. "
Just piggybacking on this post. I have been reading this thread and wonder WHY no one has mentioned washing your fiber -- whatever it is -- BEFORE you use it to stitch?? This will greatly reduce the chance of having fiber bleed. CiaoMeow >^;;^<
Because the most vociferous washer of questionable fibers has been offline? Darla Sacred cows make great hamburgers. Picture Trail Gallery:
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