Re: [Mid] Setting color in fabric

>>Please, if you may, How much vinegar to water to
soap powder (if any was used).<<

Either she didn't give me a set recipe, or I forgot it; what
I've wound up doing is putting the floss into a small plastic
bowl, and then covering it with plain vinegar. I let it sit
for a while, then take it out, squeeze the vinegar out, and
put it into a small bowl and cover it in several changes of water.
(I let it sit in each change for a while, sometimes a few minutes,
sometimes overnight, depending on what else I have to do at
the time.) Then let it air dry.
No soap, powdered or otherwise, at this stage. I only use
soap (well, actually, baby shampoo) after finishing the
embroidery, because by then it's gotten a bit of skin oil
and dirt on it and it looks generally grungy (and then
follow with several changes of water to get the shampoo
out, of course.)
The water is straight from the tap, room temperature,
for both after the vinegar bath and after washing.

....but this is for several skeins of cotton embroidery floss,
for which you don't need a whole lot of vinegar. If ou're
, errr, you're doing several yards' worth of velveteen, the
quantities will differ (and I'd imagine watering it down a bit
would help on the quantity and cost of vinegar).

Alban
From: ALBAN@delphi.com
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Received on Fri Oct 13 01:24:16 2000