Hand dyed silk charmuse coat

September 21st, 2009 in reader's closet

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The coat "Honor" is hand dyed silk charmuse and a commercial purchased pattern. I used Dupont steam fix dyes to dye the cloth. But before I can start dyeing I draw the design, these are spear heads, on the silk and then I use paint brushes to dye the silk. After I have finished, this will take few days, I steam fix the silk for four hours. Then the silk is washed and ironed. Thanks to threads magazine I learned to iron as I sew, so when I started sewing it to gether the silk charmuse was not as difficult as I had feard.

Sigrun

Pattern or design used: My own design - Sigrun Lara Shanko

posted in: design, silk, silk dye, artist

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Nurgis writes: Thank you Kate W and WizardGirl1
I love dying silk. Posted: 12:43 pm on September 23rd

WizardGir1 writes: This garment is wonderful! The colors are a very nice contrast. It is a piece of art, without a doubt! Posted: 9:38 am on September 23rd