Nearly a year ago, I bought some silk fibers at the Malvern Quilts and Needlecraft Show with no idea of what I was going to use them for. Luckily, my ever enthusiastic sewing teacher Catherine at onefatquarter.co.uk knew exactly how to use them and she kindly turned the usual weekly sewing class into a silk paper making session. Within an hour we had transformed a bunch of loose fibers into the papers below ready to be stitched into and used as if it were a piece of fabric.
We added a few thick pieces of wool across this piece. Once it was fully dry I sewed some French Knots along one of the pieces of wool and added some beads along another length of wool. I'm not sure exactly what type of silks we used on this.
The piece pictured below was made with 2 textured silk fibers called Carded Cocoon Strippings and White Noil bought on the internet.
I'm already thinking of ways to use this new skill perhaps to make cards or as covers for handmade scrapbooks. We have lavender growing in Himself's garden which I'd like to try adding for texture, colour and if I'm lucky maybe scent too.
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