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Old 01-22-2012, 02:03 PM
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Drue
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What sort of silk is it?...Is it sheer or is embroidered silk? I bought 39 meters of embroidered silk when we were in China. I would venture to guess that you also have a meter...39". The Chinese use the metric system. Also, how wide is it? The embroidered silk is only about 40-42" wide.
If it's the embroidered silk, you could make a jacket, using the emb. silk for the front...a vest might work, an evening bag...a shawl.... I have a friend that made a crazy quilt using embroidered silk and velvet (velveteen). It was beautiful....One day, I'd like to do that as well. So far, out of the 39 meters I bought in 2000, I have made two long sleeved Chinese style shirt/jackets....low mandarin style collars, tapered, uncuffed sleeves, long tailed....One is black with small gold dragons, the other is turquoise with muli color small chinese florals and pagodas. Maybe one day in the not so distant future, I will get some more made up! DH wants me make a couple of knee length robes for us.

Good luck and post your project.
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