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Post by pamd on May 6, 2012 15:32:15 GMT
These are the process pictures I took after reading Kath Danswan's wonderful book, Beautiful Bowls and Colourful Creatures. These are the materials I used: silk hankies, silk material, silk fiber, silk sari threads, angelina, Sulky water-soluable stabilizer.  silk1 by pamd8, on Flickr Here is the layout of the materials with the hankies on the bottom.  silkstep3 by pamd8, on Flickr I covered the top and bottom with two sheets cut from the roll of Sulky  silkstep4 by pamd8, on Flickr Here is the whole package put into an embroidery hoop for ease in machine stitching.  silkstep5 by pamd8, on Flickr Here is the silk/sulky package after machine stitching.  silkstep6 by pamd8, on Flickr |
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Post by pamd on May 6, 2012 15:36:30 GMT
This picture is after rinsing in cold water and laying it flat to dry. At this point you could lay it over any shape you want, but I wanted this one flat.  silkstep7 by pamd8, on Flickr This picture is a little dark, but I wanted to lean the sheet up against the wall so you can see how stiff it becomes after drying.  silkstep8 by pamd8, on Flickr As you can see from the pictures, and from the picture of my silk necklace made from this silk/sulky sheet, the colors are much darker than the colors you start with. I think next time I'm going to use much lighter colors and see what happens. |
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Post by MTRuth on May 7, 2012 0:54:17 GMT
Thanks Pam - what are you going to do with this piece? I like the dark colors.
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Post by karen on May 7, 2012 1:03:53 GMT
That looks really nice Pam, id have to do that by hand as my machine still hasnt made it to the doctors office lol I'll get Darren on to that when he gets back  |
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Post by pamd on May 7, 2012 12:50:22 GMT
Ruth, that piece is what I made the necklace out of.
Karen, I'm not sure how well it would hold together without stitching, but the stuff is like glue, so my thinking is it would work. Would you like me to try it?
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Post by MTRuth on May 7, 2012 16:54:35 GMT
Oops - I guess I wasn't paying enough attention. I thought it was another piece. Karen, you could do hand stitching on it and it would work the same way.
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Post by jufergu on May 8, 2012 13:31:20 GMT
When I use the stabilizer with threadpainting, I use layers of tulle to keep it stable during the heavy stitching and washing. But with silk fibers, I am not sure you would need to stitch them. I would think they would hold together without the stitching.
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Post by karen on May 9, 2012 1:30:17 GMT
Go for it Pam lol I'm going to try myself as well, hopefully today Judy if you dont stitch the silk in first then when it came to washing out the sulky , or what is used, wouldnt it all just collapse and fall apart ?? |
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Post by jufergu on May 13, 2012 0:26:06 GMT
I don't know the answer to that. I have never used silk fibers with the stabilizer. I do know that if you only do a soak, there is a lot of stabilizer left in it. And...you can dissolve the stabilizer in water and paint it on as a liquid. Or make a soak out of it, then just squeeze it out and let dry.
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Post by jufergu on May 13, 2012 0:27:26 GMT
By the way Karen, I tried to leave a comment on your blog the other day and it would not take it.
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Post by koffipot on May 13, 2012 15:16:33 GMT
Ooooh, gorgeous!! Guess what I'm going to try next?
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Post by Shepherdess on May 13, 2012 22:32:23 GMT
cool I just commented on the silk paper thread and then here is the solution. Great pictures.
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Post by karen on May 14, 2012 0:37:32 GMT
Oh Judy i've a couple people say my blog is playing up, not sure why that it but i'll see what i can find, thankyou though |
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