Amongst the 'Xmas haul were several lengths of silk.
A great shot, old gold, medium weight habotai silk - black and mustard which seems to have not been cut from the bolt before, the original red threads were in place along one edge. Works exceptionally well with the coral set. Am thinking of embellishing this with large blocks of repeats on the pallu and borders. Perhaps camels, horses or elephants with howdahs in black and white. I'll definitely opt for a simple geometric sprinkled across the field so that the ground fabric still shows.
The other was a pretty coral habotai. Again a medium weight. Promises to work well with pearls or the aquamarines. Regards decorating the surface I really don't have any ideas as yet and may well leave as is.
What I did find interesting when I draped these silks in a trial run as dhotis, was that they draped superbly and felt exactly like true woven Indian textiles. Everything was right; the fall of the silk, the measurements for the weave and the general weight of the fabric. They further felt comfortable to wear.
Nice to have additional options for garb.
The last gift was a metre of Caramel coloured Duchess satin. Very hard to find these days and I haven't seen, let alone bought any since about 1987 in New York. Nothing planned for this as yet and will probably put it in my stash crate against the future.
Radhika's in Bristol are having a silk sale. Medium weight habotai is going for £5 per metre. A good price.
A great shot, old gold, medium weight habotai silk - black and mustard which seems to have not been cut from the bolt before, the original red threads were in place along one edge. Works exceptionally well with the coral set. Am thinking of embellishing this with large blocks of repeats on the pallu and borders. Perhaps camels, horses or elephants with howdahs in black and white. I'll definitely opt for a simple geometric sprinkled across the field so that the ground fabric still shows.
The other was a pretty coral habotai. Again a medium weight. Promises to work well with pearls or the aquamarines. Regards decorating the surface I really don't have any ideas as yet and may well leave as is.
What I did find interesting when I draped these silks in a trial run as dhotis, was that they draped superbly and felt exactly like true woven Indian textiles. Everything was right; the fall of the silk, the measurements for the weave and the general weight of the fabric. They further felt comfortable to wear.
Nice to have additional options for garb.
The last gift was a metre of Caramel coloured Duchess satin. Very hard to find these days and I haven't seen, let alone bought any since about 1987 in New York. Nothing planned for this as yet and will probably put it in my stash crate against the future.
Radhika's in Bristol are having a silk sale. Medium weight habotai is going for £5 per metre. A good price.
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