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March 23, 2012 by Tien Chiu

Flames fabric

I sneaked home at lunchtime.  Here is the flame fabric, pre-devore (sorry for the slightly blurry photos):

reverse side of silk fabric
reverse side of fabric (silk-dominant)

 

chenille-dominant side of flame fabric
chenille-dominant side of flame fabric

The pattern is clearly visible on the reverse side, but from the front side it looks like solid chenille.  This is by design; later tonight I’ll burn out the chenille, applying the burnout chemical from the back (so I can see the pattern in the finished cloth, and also so the burnout chemical doesn’t have to penetrate all that fuzz).  Fortunately I have a respirator with acid-gas cartridges on hand; those fumes are not good for your lungs!

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