Oh my god, I wrote that completely the wrong way around!! Of course 
it's viscose/rayon pile on silk base, forgive me! lol
Thanks for correcting me there! ;)

--- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "serenpoly" 
<Elizabeth_McCrary@U...> wrote:
> Um, it's rayon pile on silk base, but, yes, you can etch from the 
> back.  Try Farthingales for both a source of the etching stuff and 
> directions (working from the back).
> 
> www.farthingales.on.ca/devore_instruct.htm
> 
> HTH.
> 
> --  Emc^2
> 
> --- In LOTR_Costume@yahoogroups.com, "little_devil_says" <
> little_devil_says@y...> wrote:
> > If you are etching silk velvet (silk pile on a viscose base) you 
> can 
> > still use the reverse to mark the pattern and do the etching 
very 
> > carefully as it should not affect the viscose.
> > On any other velvet I have used a stencil and lightly sprayer 
the 
> > pattern on with a colored hair spray, as this can be washed off 
> > later.
> > Hope this is of any help!


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