I hate buying anything which says dry clean only and normally buy washable items unless they are very cheap so that if I wore them once and then ruined them in the wash it would be no great loss financially.
I recently dyed a matching top and skirt. They were a dull grey-green. I decided to try just the top first, and tie-dye it. I did not like the new colour which was simply a darker grey-green. The top was too tight on the arms after washing.
So I wore the skirt. Then I looked at some cotton I had dyed navy blue and really liked the navy. I decided to dye the top, and try to stretch it - failing that cut the back vertically with pinking shears and wear it under a jacket.
Still fearful of spilling the colour or shrinking the skirt, I dyed the wider skirt hem to match the top, with a bit of tie-dyeing. As I progressed, it looked as though the skirt was shrinking faster than its lining. I pulled on the skirt to try to bring it below the lining.
Then I looked in Wikipedia at the article on silk and it said that silk shrinks 8% when washed, only 4% if dry cleaned, and can be steamed to expand again.
I pulled the fabric as I hung it on a hanger. I thought of wearing it as it dried, in the hope that my body would keep it stretched, like stretching shoes. I might have ended up encased in it unable to get out.
What's the worst that can happen? It shrinks and I have to cut it.
I recently dyed a matching top and skirt. They were a dull grey-green. I decided to try just the top first, and tie-dye it. I did not like the new colour which was simply a darker grey-green. The top was too tight on the arms after washing.
So I wore the skirt. Then I looked at some cotton I had dyed navy blue and really liked the navy. I decided to dye the top, and try to stretch it - failing that cut the back vertically with pinking shears and wear it under a jacket.
Still fearful of spilling the colour or shrinking the skirt, I dyed the wider skirt hem to match the top, with a bit of tie-dyeing. As I progressed, it looked as though the skirt was shrinking faster than its lining. I pulled on the skirt to try to bring it below the lining.
Then I looked in Wikipedia at the article on silk and it said that silk shrinks 8% when washed, only 4% if dry cleaned, and can be steamed to expand again.
I pulled the fabric as I hung it on a hanger. I thought of wearing it as it dried, in the hope that my body would keep it stretched, like stretching shoes. I might have ended up encased in it unable to get out.
What's the worst that can happen? It shrinks and I have to cut it.
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