clean taffeta, dyed faille & eyelet

[jennylafleur]

Still sick - bah! I seem to be getting worse not better. I actually lost my voice! Today I was feeling a bit better toward evening so that is something.

I did manage to do some desperately needed laundry done so that is good. I also washed the leftover bit of bronze taffeta (bits for the ruffle and trim of new ball gown petticoat) that the cat pee-ed on last week. I washed it by hand in the sink - hopefully it didn't loose too much of the crispy taffeta-ness. Worthless cat! Once I'm done here I'll go press it and see how it is. You never know with taffeta, I've had very bad things happen washing acetate taffetas. This one was a poly/nylon so I don't know. *crossing fingers* I could always starch it I guess.

I'd like to work on the petticoat tonight but I'm a bit wiped. I just finished dyeing the ivory faille (by hand). Dude I miss my old washer! *pouts* The faille is in the washer now being rinsed in cold water and vinegar. I'm curious to see what the color it ends up being. I wanted it to match a certain necklace you know...


In bustle news, laurenmonkey was kind enough to pick up this eyelet lace for my bustle in the LA fabric district. It was a bit of a treat but I figured I'd only ever make the one bustle so I might as well do it right and I'll save days hemming those ruffles. Besides it's so purr-dy! :>

According to the pattern I need 16.5 yds of 6" ruffles (unhemmed) and I'm getting 15yds of 10" lace. Even adding a extra layer for height (which I suspect I'll have to do) I think that will work. I'm all about fudging! :>

Comments

[aranel13.livejournal.com]

I've had decent luck dying in the bathtub (wow, does that ever sound strange!) by using tap water as hot as it will go, which is darn near boiling. I put the dye into a large plastic tub, fill that with the hot water and then the rest of the area in the tub with hot water, alternately letting that water out and refilling with fresh hot water. Works better than on the stove. That's a pain when you have an oven over the stovetop. The hot water was never attached to my washer. *sigh*

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon. And what pretty eyelet!

[lmcbeth.livejournal.com]

GAH!!

I feel like I'm in some sort of evil cage!! I can't see any of the pix you post while I'm at work and I usually catch up on LJ at work.

*headdesk* this torture should help me become patient, that's the only good that could come of this.

ACK!!

Anyway--Plan's for the Vicki look very interesting (I saw those at home), I can't wait to see it! And lace sounds lovely--(warning: sarcasm ;P)all I needed was you to raise the bar to get me thinking of prettier underwear--pft!(/end sarcasm)

hope you feel better soon *hugs*

[among-hedgerows.livejournal.com]

That eyelet is gorgeous! Much better than sewing all those ruffles ~ wish I'd thought of that! :)

Hope you're feeling better!

[chloeandrudy.livejournal.com]

Bummer not feeling good. I hate it when I'm sick and don't feel good, cuz I still want to do stuff.
My bustle petticoat just has that plain ole eyelet. I bought it ready made from TV. It almost makes me want to make it prettier. Good for laurenmonkey for finding that pretty stuff for you.