I was thinking it might be fun to glue some fabric down to card stock and use that as a background, but is fabric usually acid free/lignin free or not? If it's not, will washing it first make it safe? Or will it be safe enough if I have a card stock matt behind the photo as a buffer?
Hard to say Luna......but if you want to use it launder it, then iron well. I would also use a little bicarb in the water for the final rinse. I would still use an acid free mat as a buffer between the fabric and the photo but I bet it will look really cool :o)
Good question Luna.
I have used material on several layouts now and not given it a second thought. I work in entertainment industry and get all sorts of different pretty fancy scarps from our costume sewer, designer, whatever you want to call him!! Just ask Kenda, Deb, MC and Jacqui!!
Sos where oh where is our historical conservatists that lurk in here, Robert do you have a grasp on this?
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I have used what's called stickstock, Close to my Heart has it in twill, and linen, they are acid free so it is safe to use on your pages. you can view it on my website,
Your best bet is to assume that any fabric that you want to use is not acid free unless it specifically says that it is. Most fabrics are treated with formaldehyde. Formaldehyde and air yields formic acid. You would have to wash the fabric several times to remove the formaldehyde and use something like ivory snow rather than regular detergents. Besides being used to keep fabric wrinkle free and resistant to mold and mildew, formaldehyde is used to bind pigments to the fabric. The more you wash the more faded your clothes become because the formaldehyde is being washed away.
Thanks! I've never noticed an acid free label on any fabric before. Would this be something I'd have to buy online, or would regular fabric stores have acid free fabric?
I doubt you will find fabric labeled acid free in a fabric store but if more scrapbookers chose to use it and there is enough money to be made then it may happen someday. There are fabric papers made for scrapbooking, I bought a Michael Miller kit that I am saving in case I ever get to meet April in person.
You can use the fabric, I would just laminate any photos that you want to use to protect them. The fabric will probably bleed onto the paper behind it and any paper placed on top of it but you could try spraying the fabric with archival mist to protect the other elements on the page.
Luna...here is an article on using fabric in your scrapbooks. This may give you the answers you are looking for :o)
WOW!! That is some good ifo there Cathy. Where did you find that out at?
The pieces that I have used, I matted the pictures away from it anyhow.
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Thanks! I've actually decided to go a different route with this particular project, but I may want to use fabric in the future so I'll keep everyone's advice in mind.
BS in biochem and far too many years working in pathology and reference labs.
Better safe than sorry.
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