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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 8, 2009, 8:41 am
On Oct 7, 8:06=A0pm, Julia in MN <jaccola-AT-chartermi-
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> A better choice might be something like Ivory liquid dishwashing "soap"
> in cool water. That is my first choice for hand washing. I've been told
> that Woolite is not the thing to use for cotton sweaters, either.
> Woolite is formulated for wool, which is an animal fiber, and cotton is
> a plant fiber. They should be treated differently.
...And embroidery floss is usually silk (animal protein, but not the
same as wool), rayon, or poly (man-made chemicals). I have no idea
what the best choice for those would be; They're (as you say) just
different and should perhaps(?) be treated differently. I'm following
this (pun intended) *thread* 'cuz it's part of what I was asking in
the other one.
I'm also wondering, if it's the colors that are running (vs. fabric
shrinking, disintegrating, etc.) should we be concerned with the
fabric fiber or the type/composition of the dyes used in the flosses?
Doc
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Posted by Lizzy Taylor on October 8, 2009, 10:01 am
Dr. Zachary Smith wrote:
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> ...And embroidery floss is usually silk (animal protein, but not the
> same as wool), rayon, or poly (man-made chemicals).
IME the most common brands of hand embroidery floss (DMC & Anchor) are
actually cotton, even tough we still call them embroidery "silks" for
historical reasons. Machine embroidery thread is more likely to be
rayon or polyester.
Lizzy
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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on October 8, 2009, 10:35 am
And..... you could always skip the embroidery machine and do free motion
embroidery and use any ol' thread that suits your fancy! (That's what I
do.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaS2ENYlbWQ&feature=related
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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> Dr. Zachary Smith wrote:
>> ...And embroidery floss is usually silk (animal protein, but not the
>> same as wool), rayon, or poly (man-made chemicals).
> IME the most common brands of hand embroidery floss (DMC & Anchor) are
> actually cotton, even tough we still call them embroidery "silks" for
> historical reasons. Machine embroidery thread is more likely to be rayon
> or polyester.
> Lizzy
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 8, 2009, 11:16 am
Who, me? I figured I'd be doing different amounts of different
things. I have some machine patterns I purchased, more I'd like to
get, some DW collected, some that are built-in to the machine, and the
decorative stitching that's built-in. I think that's what you mean by
free motion(?) I'm going to have to use the latter just for attaching
pieces together and to the foundation, so I figured it was a given.
As far as using them for pictures/designs on the patches, I hadn't
gotten that far in my thinking/planning, but thanks for bringing it
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up; it's something else I can "obsess" about... >8^D BWAHAHAHAHA!
Doc
On Oct 8, 10:35=A0am, "Leslie& The Furbabies in MO."
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> And..... you could always skip the embroidery machine and do free motion
> embroidery and use any ol' thread that suits your fancy! =A0(That's what =
I
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on October 8, 2009, 11:19 am
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> Who, me? =A0
Forgot to mention... Since I'll be using the machine different ways, I
can't see any point in using different kinds of embroidery floss; I'll
just use the same for everything, and I'm still leaning strongly
toward what we already have the most of - the polyester...
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> A better choice might be something like Ivory liquid dishwashing "soap"
> in cool water. That is my first choice for hand washing. I've been told
> that Woolite is not the thing to use for cotton sweaters, either.
> Woolite is formulated for wool, which is an animal fiber, and cotton is
> a plant fiber. They should be treated differently.