Yesterday,I got several of my boxes filled with their images and they are now ready for the final cutting of tops and bottoms, placement of feet and topper and then they will be completed. Still a lot to do though isn't there? Well, before I get to all of those busy steps, I just have to work with some silk. So here I go.
First, I wash my silk in advance according to directions in case there is any residue on them that will keep the dyes from penetrating the silk.
Next, I pinned my 36 x 36 china silk square to my frame,
which has some problems, but I am still in the early stages
of this new passion so I think this will do it for now. I use stainless steal pins just in case I get a bit of rust that will slip into my silk.
After pinning, I chose my dyes. I have chosen 3 for this piece, my favorites- cyan, veridian green, and magenta. I deluted my dyes 1 teaspoon to about 3/4 cup of water. With the pr ocess of layering colors I don't want to start out too dark.
I layer on the colors letting them bleed together and then apply several applications of salts, alchohols , and dyes. This is the final stage of the piece and is drying with salts.
middle: stretched and dried
lower: last layer to include salts 
Well, that was a lot of fun for me and I believe I like this color combination enough to make a garment out of. So the next adventure in silks will be for me to dye up some yardage. Stay tuned and if not-
See you around town,
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