Hi All,
Here are some scarves that I made using Habotai silk blanks from Jacquard and their green label silk acid dyes.  I used cheap paint brushes and slightly diluted dye.  After they batched for 24 hours I set them in Jacquard dye set concentrate.  No steaming required.
This is a really fun technique and a great way to dye if you don't want to deal with powdered dyes and extra chemicals.
Till next time,
Heather

 

Hi All,

It's been a while again.  But at least this time I've got a good excuse; a badly torn ligament in a dislocated middle finger on my right hand - what a royal pain!  So, I haven't gotten much work done lately.

But, here is a quick little, ditty that I did on Sunday while teaching the technique to just one student.  It is 5-7 layers of cotton, silk and melty nylon fabrics along with cheesecloth, all stitched up then scored with a soldering tool and heated with a heat. gun.  

Before you get too impressed, the flowers, leaves and stems were already embroidered on the nylon fabric, but, I used wise placement and stitching to achieve this yummy end result.

Till next time,

Heather