Friday, June 5, 2009

A lesson in prewashing

Faildress


WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A SMALL AMOUNT OF LIQUID WOULD EVER FALL ON MEEEEE?

My first successful use of a button-front & piping, made in the fall of 2008. The faux metal buttons went incredibly well with this busy fabric. Unfortunately, just as I finished laboring over this dress, I discovered that the black ink on the fabric bled like a...something that bleeds a lot. There is a distinct lack of similes for "bled". But I digress! Any amount of water caused the crisp black shapes to melt into blobs. I'd like to revisit a mustard yellow (one of those "so unpleasent they're cool" colors) and black combination, preferebly with a fabric that can withstand moisture. Not a difficult request, I hope!

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