I've made a couple of quilts in cotton - handsewn as I don't have a machine. But the choice of colours you can find it cotton is getting me down a bit - and believe me, I've looked, and I am happy with the effects I'm getting, but I find it really difficult to find colours that are both bright and subtle - it seems always to be one or the other. And cotton doesn't get much depth of colour.
So, I was wondering about trying quilting in silk. I was looking on etsy and finding some amazing bundles of fabric, like these:
[http://www.etsy.com/listing/115272093/vintage-japanese-kimono-silk-fabric-5?ref=sr_gallery_20&ga_search_query=japanese+silk+fabric&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=GB&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=suppliesjapanese+silk+fabric]]
www.etsy.com/listing/115270851/vintage-japanese-kimono-silk-fabric-5?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=japanese+silk+fabric&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=GB&ga_page=4&ga_search_type=supplies&ga_facet=suppliesjapanese+silk+fabric
It is for a special project - some friends are getting married in 2014 and I would love to make them something a bit different. I was wondering about doing a quilt mostly in cotton but with a few flashes of silk.
Is that just too difficult, do you think? And do you know about the iron-on stuff you can get to help fabric stop fraying - does it work on silk and is it easy to use?
If you made it this far, thank you!
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Anyone know anything about sewing - esp quilting - with silk?
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LRDtheFeministDude · 16/12/2012 20:58
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