Your silk neckerchief designs can be sold online or to boutiques.
Not Each can quilt or sew, on the other hand that doesn't include to cutoff you from designing and creating your own clothing accessories. Scarves are a common Christmas boon and de rigueur accessories in regions with crude winter weather. Surprisingly, there is no knitting required to design a elegant muffler. With some silk material and other materials from the textile store, you can coin and originate a painted silk muffler with the assist of some dye, a brush and your attitude.
Instructions
1. Degree the silk for the vastness that you need your muffler to be. Scarves area in length from 40 inches to 66 inches. For smaller necks and humans, vote for the shorter extreme of the scale. For colossal and big, referendum for the longer deadline of the scale. Diameter ranges from 6 to 8 inches.
2. Turn the edges of the short ends of the silk cloth in 1/8 inch. Iron down the edges. Sew the edges of the silk to fabricate a hem. Clip and remove any excess threads.
3. Frame away your painted kerchief diagram on contact paper. Frame in pencil and then etch your designs using a marker so that it is easier for you to distinguish when you retrace it onto the silk.
4. Stretch away your silk until it is wrinkle-free. Country your sketch underneath the silk. Whether you don't appropriateness contact paper, place plastic wrap or another group of thin plastic between the material and your sketch to protect your paper for reuse. The boiling widen Testament seep complete.
5. Secure the silk back to your work area. Apply your dye to the appropriate areas based on how you want to color in your design. Use the paintbrushes to color in your design.10.
Grasp the scarf wet while you're working. Spritz more water/alcohol solution on it if it starts to dry.
7. Preheat your wax pen and dip it into the beeswax. Sketch your design with the wax pen onto the silk. Trace your design as if you are drawing it around again.
8. Remove the silk from on top of the book and the sketch. The contact paper should have lifted off onto the scarf.
9. Secure the silk to a wooden cutting board or a wooden table so that it doesn't slide approximately when you alpha working on it. Domicile a hardback publication underneath the contact paper for cornerstone.6. Spray the silk with a 50/50 blend of alcohol and soak.
Use a wet paper towel and small droplets of water to correct any errors you make while you're painting in your dye.
11. Allow the dye to dry for 24 hours. Repaint any areas that didn't come out as planned once they dry. Allow it to dry for another 24 hours.
12. Place the painted area of the silk on top of evenly stacked paper towels. Place sheets of steam paper on top of the scarf. Turn on an iron to moderate heat and roll the iron over the area for five minutes until you can see that all the wax has been removed.
13. Steam your scarf. Hang it up on a hanger. Attach both corners to the hanger with a clothespin so that there are no wrinkles in the scarf. Run the steamer over the scarf for 20 minutes.
14. Send the scarf to be dry-cleaned and pressed. Once you get it back, let all your friends know that you designed your own silk scarf.
