Jacquard woven silk scarf

Put water, silk paint and the scarf in a saucepan. One hour later you will have an evenly coloured scarf. Fixed and ready to decorate with decorate with charms.

1. Bring two liters of water to the boil and add 10ml colour. Put the scarf into the water, stirring occasionally. Simmer for one hour – the colour will be fixed.

2. Rinse all excess colour off and iron the scarf.

3. Sew charms and rocaille beads onto the scarf: 

Fasten the string in the scarf. Feed the string through the charm’s loop and back through the bead. Twist three times around the string before fastening it.

A Cotton Gauze Scarf with Wrinkle Effect

This lovely scarf is made from cotton gauze with a wrinkled effect and charms from guineau fowl feathers, beads and metal charm feathers.

1. Cut a piece of cotton gauze measuring 2.40m and place it in the sewing machine.

2. Sew a section of three lanes of gathering stitches across the width of the scarf – each section must be 40cm apart. Gather the lanes so the width measures 30cm. Tie a knot and cut off the excess thread.

3. Cut a piece of silver-plaited wire measuring 80cm and attach a metal charm feather, four beads and a wax bead.

4. Attach two guineau fowl feathers with the small pendant.

5. Twist the feathers together with a piece of silver-plaited wire.

6. Glue on an end cap with a loop using instant glue.

7. The finished charm.

8. Pull the end corner of the scarf through the loop of the little charm.

9. Tie a simple knot.

A Knitting Loom for a Hat or a Scarf

This hat and scarf are knitted from neon coloured yarn on a knitting loom.

1. Cast two rounds of yarn onto the knitting loom.

2. Make stitches by lifting the lower row over the upper row and off the pegs around the whole of the knitting loom.

3. Cast on a new row of stitches on the knitting loom.

4. Continue this process until you have reached the desired length.

5. Change the colour of the yarn by placing the new colour yarn over the previous. Secure the ends at the end.

6. Finish the knitting by gathering all the stitches onto a new piece of yarn.

7. When all the stitches have been gathered and removed from the knitting loom, pull the piece of yarn at both ends tight and tie a knot tightly.

8. Make a pompom and sew it onto the end of the knitting.

Another variant

Fabric Decoration

Cushion Covers from Shopping Bags

Shopping bags stamped with textil fabric paint using a foam brush. The handles are cut so they can be tied and the shopping bag is now a cushion cover.

Tea Towels with Print

Tea towels decorated with textil color, applied with hand prints, stamps, flat foam brushes and foam stencils in bright colours.

Printed Oven Gloves

Oven Gloves decorated with textil color. They are decorated with hand prints as well as dots made with foam stencil brushes.

Decorated Pot Holders

The pot holders are decorated with fabric markers and Textil Color in bright colours. Hand prints and stamp prints are applied using foam stencil brushes and stamps.

1. Foam brushes with a plastic handle.

For a uniform print; first dab the textil color onto the stamp with a foam stencil brush.

2. Fabric Marker …

3. Flat Foam Brushes …

4. Make dots with foam stencil brushes …

Printed Key Straps

Make dots with textil color and foam stencil brushes. Then draw lines with textile markers. 

Silk accessories

A silk scarf and silk yarn are dyed with water based silk paints. The flowers are crocheted in silk yarn, which is also used for braiding and plaiting on the scarf. They can be used for around the neck or the waist.

1. Protect the table with a plastic sheet before putting down a piece of polyester wadding slightly larger than the material on top. Pour very diluted paint into a polystyrene cup. Arrange the silk yarn in long lengths and soak piece by piece in the paint.

2. You may wet the scarf before painting with different colours. They blend well together. Let it dry.

3. Put the silk onto a large piece of washed cotton fabric and wrap it up. Silk should not touch silk.

4. The parcel should fit into a saucepan. Wrap it in aluminium foil.

5. Put the parcel in the saucepan containing approx. 4cm water on top of 3 stones or small pots. Simmer for 1 – 1 ½ hour.

6. Put a towel under the lid in order to collect condensed water.

7. After the fixing, rinse out the excess colour and dry the silk.

8. Crochet flowers and circles of silk yarn. See the patterns at the bottom of the page, but vary the size and pattern.

9. Crochet and plait long cords.

10. Braid, plait and twist the crocheted, plaited and single cords around the scarf.

11. Sew on the flowers with small stitches (which are hardly visible) on the back.

Pattern

A Cushion from Tea Towels

Cuddly cushions made from tea towels and placemats;  decorated with fabric markers and acrylic yarn.

1. Decorate the fabric using fabric markers.

2. Arrange the fabric, outer side against outer side and place a small ball of acrylic yarn between the layers.

3. Sew the layers together and leave an opening at the bottom.

4. Fill the cushion with polyester stuffing.

5. Sew the cushion together.