Dyed Charmeuse
Spent a recent morning acid dyeing lots of half yard pieces of silk charmeuse. Luscious colors! I love charmeuse for the sheen and how it drinks up the color.
After I cherry pick a few spectacular pieces that I can’t part with, the rest will be up for sale during the Brattleboro WestArts Open Studio Tour September 25th-26th. There will also be some beautiful hand dyed cottons, new small mounted work as well as large pieces.
I’ll be part of the Brattleboro West Arts Studio Tour on September 25th-26th and it’s zooming up fast so I’m trying to get more organized. I decided I want to have a group of smaller mounted pieces to sell and have been focusing on creating them and finally figuring out an effective way to mount them.
Here’s one. The mounted size is 8″x10″.
new small work
My solution is to cover foam core (cut to a standard frame size) with low loft batting and black nubbly silk (Thank you Judy Dales for the suggestion). I pull it to the back, try to make neat corners and secure the silk with acid free linen tape.
I then blind stitch the small piece to the front and try not to get blood on it from all the needle stabbings. I procured a curved needle today and hope this will cut down on the bloodshed.
Other ideas?
