A question about blending Filament

Hello,

I have a friend who is stitching a project for me (he stitches much
faster than I do) and I have a question about how to deal with all the
specialty threads in the piece. It is the Nordic Angel by Barbara
Baatz.

My question is can you wash a piece after the beads, japan gold and
blending filaments have been put on it? The problem with this design
is that the blending filament is definately blended in with the floss
as part of the design. I tried to get him to stop and give me the
piece to wash before he worked with the bf, but he was faster than I
thought and had already used these threads.

He also did TW's Enchanter for me and that needs to be washed also,
but unfortunately he did the bf and beads before I could stop him.

These pieces have beads, blending filament, and gold cord.

I was thinking of just using plain water and some orvus but wanted to
check with the experts (all of You!!!) first.

Thanks for the help!

Ann

My guess is that they will wash just fine with no damage. However,
why not get your friend to stitch a bit of doodle cloth with the beads,
blending filament, specialty threads, etc., and then wash it and see what
happens? HTH.


Ann ) writes:
Hello,

I have a friend who is stitching a project for me (he stitches much
faster than I do) and I have a question about how to deal with all the
specialty threads in the piece. It is the Nordic Angel by Barbara
Baatz.

My question is can you wash a piece after the beads, japan gold and
blending filaments have been put on it? The problem with this design
is that the blending filament is definately blended in with the floss
as part of the design. I tried to get him to stop and give me the
piece to wash before he worked with the bf, but he was faster than I
thought and had already used these threads.

He also did TW's Enchanter for me and that needs to be washed also,
but unfortunately he did the bf and beads before I could stop him.

These pieces have beads, blending filament, and gold cord.

I was thinking of just using plain water and some orvus but wanted to
check with the experts (all of You!!!) first.

Thanks for the help!

Ann


--
Jim Cripwell.
The gods do not subtract from the allotted span of one's life, any
time that is spent in stitching.
Adapted from a sign on The Cobb, Lyme Regis, England.

I have a friend who is stitching a project for me (he stitches much
faster than I do) and I have a question about how to deal with all the
specialty threads in the piece. It is the Nordic Angel by Barbara
Baatz.

Pretty piece, I have done her Angel of Romance and Angel of Fantasy.

My question is can you wash a piece after the beads, japan gold and
blending filaments have been put on it?

Definately!

Believe me Angel of Romance needed a good bath when I was done...lots of white
with 032, and as it was a long term project looked it when I finished stitching
it!

You can wash pieces with BF in them, and even iron them. I do recommend
putting a piece of unbleached muslim between it and the iron tho, just to be on
the safe side.

HTH!

Caryn
Blue Wizard Designs
http://hometown.aol.com/crzy4xst/index.html
Updated: 7/7/03 -- now available Dragon of the Stars
View WIPs at: http://community.webshots.com/user/carynlws (Caryn's UFO's)

I was just reading on the blending filament yesterday (Kreinik brand). They
are washable (by hand in gentle detergent, then rinse, rinse, rinse - use
cool water) and they also recommend when pressing to use a pressing cloth
and not to put the hot iron directly on the filament.

With beads, and blending filament in one piece, after a gentle cool water
wash, I generally put a soft towel on my ironing board, then the stitched
piece face down, then the pressing cloth (piece of muslin is fine) and then
press. The towel on the ironing board first will help the beads to stand up
instead of getting squished into the board.

As always, try a test piece first to check for color bleeding!

HTH
Dannielle

"Caryn" wrote in message
...
I have a friend who is stitching a project for me (he stitches much
faster than I do) and I have a question about how to deal with all the
specialty threads in the piece. It is the Nordic Angel by Barbara
Baatz.

Pretty piece, I have done her Angel of Romance and Angel of Fantasy.

My question is can you wash a piece after the beads, japan gold and
blending filaments have been put on it?

Definately!

Believe me Angel of Romance needed a good bath when I was done...lots of
white
with 032, and as it was a long term project looked it when I finished
stitching
it!

You can wash pieces with BF in them, and even iron them. I do recommend
putting a piece of unbleached muslim between it and the iron tho, just to
be on
the safe side.

HTH!

Caryn
Blue Wizard Designs
http://hometown.aol.com/crzy4xst/index.html
Updated: 7/7/03 -- now available Dragon of the Stars
View WIPs at: http://community.webshots.com/user/carynlws (Caryn's UFO's)

On 9 Mar 2004 08:12:02 -0800, (Ann) wrote:

I was thinking of just using plain water and some orvus but wanted to
check with the experts (all of You!!!) first.
That's all you need, Ann. Even after the bf, beads, etc.
Darla
Sacred cows make great hamburgers.

On 09 Mar 2004 17:00:26 GMT, wd (Caryn) wrote:

unbleached muslim
snicker
Darla
Sacred cows make great hamburgers.

unbleached muslim
snicker
Darla

sure....laugh at the typo queen! rofl

Heck, even spell check would have missed that one!

Caryn
Blue Wizard Designs
http://hometown.aol.com/crzy4xst/index.html
Updated: 7/7/03 -- now available Dragon of the Stars
View WIPs at: http://community.webshots.com/user/carynlws (Caryn's UFO's)