I ran across 5yds of a peacock blue/green dupioni silk for $15
I have it in my stash, waiting for the right pattern. I have some beautiful embroidery for quilt blocks that I will embroider using silk thread on my embroidery machine.
I plan on picking up some of the taupe dupioni for the back
and doing a two sided quilt all in silk.
here are a few things my mom who does heirloom sewing told me about dupioni
1. If you want to wash the finished product, wash the silk yardage before cutting/sewing. delicate cycle, dry on delicate too.
2. Stabilize the silk before cutting, using a very thin interfacing. Not really sure what misty fuse is, but if it is a light fusible stabilizer that would work too.
the stabilizer should keep the fabric from fraying. which is the biggest issue with silks.
I say go for it
everyone should have something that is beautiful and stunning just to have it