Re: Hand Dyed Evenweaves

gardengene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> I'm fascinated with these materials! I've been looking at fabrics from
> Silkweaver's (www.silkweaver.com) Has anyone ordered from them?
> 
> I'm thinking of doing Mermaid Heaven on one of these, but can't decide
> if I want a "sky" background or more of a "sunset" looking background.
> Any suggestions, comments, etc. would be greatly appreciated!!!

Ooooh. Do sunset, do sunset! I did Mermaid Heaven on the fabric given
with the kit, but I can imagine them on a sunset fabric. I finished it
as a wall hanging with watery looking hand-dyed sunset colors fabric for
the water and deep blue with printed clouds for the sky and they turned
out lovely. I can only imagine they would be lovelier yet on a hand-dyed
fabric. Oh, and I did the backstitching on the tails of the mermaids in
metallics to match the tail color, dusty rose for the baby and purple
for mama. Very subtle but also pretty. I used Guitermann metallics-not
sliver but the round thread.

Elizabeth