Playing with silk!
10-07-2011, 06:09 PM
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And with fake silk and with other decorator fabrics.
A friend gave me a couple of dozen fabric sample books, which she in turn got from a retiring interior decorator. Some of them are wonderful embroidered silk!
The useable pieces are small, after you cut off the glued on cardboard, etc., but since I make mostly minis, I'm doing OK with small pieces.
Here are the first three I've made.
A friend gave me a couple of dozen fabric sample books, which she in turn got from a retiring interior decorator. Some of them are wonderful embroidered silk!
The useable pieces are small, after you cut off the glued on cardboard, etc., but since I make mostly minis, I'm doing OK with small pieces.
Here are the first three I've made.
This one is made with 'faux duponi' samples (100% polyester). I used the back side of the fabric, as it is shinier.
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This one is real silk, embroidered. Great fabric, very tightly woven, very little raveling.
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This is all polyester! The center is 'faux duponi', right side up this time. The outer fabrics are more like upholstery fabric.
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10-07-2011, 06:34 PM
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How interesting. Was it hard to sew with? I would think the polyester to be slippier than the silk. I especially like the middle one. Thanks for sharing...Little Elise was looking over my shoulder--she says the middle one is "gorgeous" :-) :-) :-)
10-07-2011, 08:02 PM
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Originally Posted by oksewglad
How interesting. Was it hard to sew with? I would think the polyester to be slippier than the silk. I especially like the middle one. Thanks for sharing...Little Elise was looking over my shoulder--she says the middle one is "gorgeous" :-) :-) :-)
There is some 100% cotton in some of the books. Haven't gotten to them yet. The silk is so pretty!
How old is Elise?
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