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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 31 Jan 2011 07:46 #55912

Thanks for your suggestions all. Can hardly wait to get started!
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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 19:23 #55870

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Yes, I would use a light weight fusible interfacing and a very sharp--NEW--needle with diameter. Silk likes to keeps its holes so you want to keep them small.
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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 12:56 #55812

Debby Maddy was just at our guild. She does a lot with silk. She sells a stabilizer on her website that is wider than what you can get at the stores. Try googling her.

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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 11:47 #55803

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I love working with silk dupioni, but I do use very light weight fusible interfacing with it. Have fun and share photos. Cheers,

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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 11:13 #55795

I use a fusible polymesh and this helps tremendously. I cut it after applying the polymesh and no more raveling! the stabilizer also supports the fabric for stitching which silk can " run" sometimes.
Phyl
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Re: Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 09:10 #55785

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lswise, you might find some helpful info in this topic thread: [url]forum/help-im-stuck/3948-help-i-may-get-stuck-[/url]

Different fabric, but same issues.


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Sewing with Silk Dupioni 30 Jan 2011 08:43 #55777

Help! I just bought some beautiful silk dupioni - couldn't help myself. But it does ravel quite a bit. Is it best to use some kind of fusable liner with it or is there some other suggestion to keep it from raveling.
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