A Gable Hood

The Striped Silk



Since striped silk is nearly impossble to find--I looked for several months for some for this project--I decided to make my own.

To start, I took my silk and used tape to mark my stripes.



I measured to make sure they were even.



I then took black fabric paint and painted the silk.



A close up of that.



I waited for it to dry, and very carefully removed the tape.



More tape removal!



I made more silk than I needed because I knew blobbing was inevitable.

I followed the directions on the fabric paint to set the dye.



I then folded the silk into the shape that I needed and was very happy to finally have striped silk :)



The Hood
The Pearls
My Costumes
Pre Eighteenth Century



I'd like to go home!