Re: Stabilizing the edges of silk crepeline?

[Beth Szuhay <bszuhay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jo,
You might try acrylic matte media.  Place the crepeline over plastic, paint your line and after it dries, cut through the painted edge.  This should be a little less shiny than using an adhesive.
Beth Szuhay
Textile Conservation
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

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> From:         Textile Conservators on behalf of Joanne Hackett
> Reply To:     Textile Conservators
> Sent:         Wednesday, March 23, 2005 7:50 AM
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> Subject:      Stabilizing the edges of silk crepeline?
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> I am interested to learn favored methods of stabilizing the edges of cut
> silk crepeline.  Does anyone have a neat way to do this?  I am
> particularly interested in methods that don't involve forming a rolled
> hem.
> Has anyone ever used Aquazol to stop the edge of the silk from
> raveling?
> 
> Joanne Hackett
> Textile Conservation
> Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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