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Posted by Polly Esther on August 2, 2008, 11:28 pm
No, Pati. I travel an entirely different road. I use the silk ribbon for
ties for preemie shirts for wee guys who weigh about 3 pounds. Their
fragile little bodies aren't ready for snaps, buttons or velcro. Silk
ribbon embroidery is gorgeous and I enjoyed it. Just not very practical for
something Daddy's going to toss in the washer with the jeans and towels.
Polly
> Polly, I have to mention a new line of silk ribbon. That is if you are
> talking about ribbon for silk ribbon embroidery....<VBG>
> Check the ribbon on the Superior Threads website. I have some of it and it
> is wonderful. And it is variegated!!! Wonderful for flowers and such
> because it changes intensity/color along the ribbon. I'm playing with silk
> ribbon embroidery by machine in order to teach a class on it. <G> The shop
> doesn't yet carry the Superior threads brand of ribbon, so I am going to
> have to make do with some of the YLI ribbon. sigh.
>
> (There is a wonderful book Simple Silk Ribbon Embroidery by Machine
> written by Susan Schrempf. Wish she had offered to sell us the book before
> the class we did on it up in Utah. <G>) One advantage of doing it by
> machine is that virtually all the ribbon stays on the top of the fabric.
> You don't end up with a bunch of it hidden on the back side of the piece.
> <VVBG>
>
> Pati, in Phx
>
> Polly Esther wrote:
>> Thank you, Leslie. That's a nice place. I don't know about 'Minky' . .
>> . the one I love is Minkee made by Benartex. Some 'as good as' are not
>> quite as soft and light as Minkee. Have you tried the Minky? Opinion?
>> Anyhow, the threadart folks have the silk ribbon I've been needing.
>> My usual source requires that I place a $50 order for a good price and I
>> really don't want that much. Polly
>>
>>
>>> www.threadart.com has traditional green camo plus pink and blue camo
>>> Minkee on sale for $9.95 a yard. I thought you should know..... LOL
>>>
>>> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>>
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