Comments on I'm not drunk, I'm brilliant: arts and crafts

You could attempt a teeny tiny spot test with some...

2008-10-13T09:02:00.000-05:00

You could attempt a teeny tiny spot test with some watered down peroxide on a q-tip for the stain, but I would probably stick to a cute cropped cardigan to cover them. Good luck with whatever you decide!

i wouldn't dye it, unless there's any way to take ...

2008-10-12T11:24:00.000-05:00

i wouldn't dye it, unless there's any way to take some of the ribbon off and test it first. i'd stick with cardigans and pretty jackets.
i love the dress, though. isn't that the bitch of vintage shopping? everything's so OLD.

The fabric that you see is the ribbon overlay- it ...

2008-10-11T16:17:00.000-05:00

The fabric that you see is the ribbon overlay- it looks like someone took grosgrain ribbon and wove it into a gigantic piece of "cloth", which they used to sew this dress. The underlay, which you can't see, is a lavender satin. It's synthetic, so it wouldn't take the dye very well (if at all), but you can't really see the lavender lining through the ribbon.

I've dyed ribbon before without trouble, but I'm not 100% certain that this ribbon dress is made of grosgrain. Its texture has changed so much- the ribbon could be silk, or even synthetic.

What is the ribbon fabric made out of? You can pro...

2008-10-11T13:01:00.000-05:00

What is the ribbon fabric made out of? You can probably very gently touch it with a Q-tip dipped in a solution, the solution just depends on what the fabric is made out of....I think if you dyed it, the ribbon and the satin would take the dye up differently and it wouldn't look uniform...