Comments | mellymel_cos: The bride's fabrics are in!

mellymel_cos

The bride's fabrics are in!

Oct 11, 2010 08:01

Dharma Trading never ceases to amaze me at how fast they ship. I was curious how long it would take because I've only ever used USPS Priority as an option with them (is usually the cheapest) and this time I used First Class. I ordered before noon on Thursday and my fabrics arrived on Saturday! I don't know how they do it ( Read more... )

bridesmaid dress, brandy's wedding, bolero jacket

Comments 6

auroraceleste October 11 2010, 15:41:34 UTC

I've never worked with silk organza before and I'm curious as to what I can expect from the pre-washing

Urgh, I wouldn't unless you want it softer. Washing organza takes all the silk starchy stuff out and makes it soft. If you want to retain the stiffness iron it with steam (or do what I do, spray water on it with a spray bottle and iron with a dry iron).

mellymell October 11 2010, 22:42:35 UTC

Thank you! I do want to retain the stiffness. It's the whole reason why I chose organza (also, her mom's gown was mostly a poly organza and I wanted to mimic that). So glad I haven't washed it yet!

auroraceleste October 11 2010, 22:56:23 UTC

Just keep in mind that the resulting garment is going to be dry clean only, so be sure everything else you use is dry-cleanable if you want to be able to have it cleaned. Then again, I have some garments that are spot-clean-and-febreeze only, so I would understand completely if that's how you went :D

mellymell October 11 2010, 23:01:19 UTC

Definitely! It won't be my garment and I'm not sure what the lace is made of (though I have plenty to do a fiber test on). But I'll make sure the lace can be dry cleaned (or not) and let her know how to handle it. Thanks again!

verdaera October 13 2010, 05:09:38 UTC

Dharma's shipping is expensive but wonderfully fast!

I recently worked with a ton of organza... I serged the ends and it washed just fine, I don't think it shrank much. Have to do lots of ironing though. Just be careful cutting out your patterns, be sure you align the grain because it can be veeeery shifty.

mellymell October 20 2010, 02:09:49 UTC

Well, they use those starch based packing materials and such (or used to). Thankfully, the shipping on this was under $5. Granted they were both very lightweight fabrics and it was just packaged in an envelope. But I've always been impressed by the speed of their service!

Ha! Yes, you did recently work with a ton of organza! I remember you remarking how shifty it was in the post about the bodice construction, I believe. It's something I've had in the back of my mind as I chose fabrics for this thing and I think I even cringed just a little when I clicked "checkout".

Did you find that it softened significantly when you washed it?