THREE FISH ON SILK SCARF

Designed By Tweedy

Tweedy's Creative Nest

SUPPLIES

Jacquard Silk Dyes: Marine Green, Cyan, Varidian Green, Black, Yellow,

Magenta

Deka Silk Salt

Deka Clear Resist

Resist Applicator Bottle with metal tip #7

Dyset Fixative

Habotai 8mm 21.5 x21.5 Silk Scarf

Streching Board

Silk Pins; 13/4 large round heads

Water soluable transfer pencil

Brushes: Large flat brush for big background area. (spone applicator can be used)

Round in a couple of sizes, that comes to a good point, water color

brushes work well

Papertowels

Eyedropper

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash silk to remove sizing in a mild soap. No fabric softeners, or woolite

Stretch silk on streching board that is at least 1" larger all the way around that the silk blank

To stretch, pin on a corner of the silk as close to the hem as possible then go straight across to the next corner. Alway pin straight across not at a diagonal. Stretch silk tight and pin all four corners.

Always pin in straight lines. The pins MUST be straight up and down. If they bend inward you will loose the tension you need to keep the silk tight. Leave the forth side open to insert the pattern. (I put a few pins in while I am streching the silk and then take them back out)

Slip pattern under silk and position . Trace with water soluable pencil (NOT PEN)

Remove pattern and finish pinning silk to board

Raise silk to top ot the pins. The silk cannot be touching the board when the resist is applied.

The metal tip of the applicator bottle must be touching and pressed down on the silk in order to force the resist into the fabric.. Do not press down so hard as to touch the board, it will cause the resist to spread.

BE SURE TO CLOSE ALL LINES COMPLETELY. When starting and stopping overlap lines to avoid gates. If there is a gate the dyes will flow into each other.

Be careful not to drag your hand in the resist. The resist cannot be removed until washed and the dye will not take where there is resist.

SIGN YOUR NAME WITH THE RESIST and it will appear white when the scarf is washed. Let the resist dry before you begin to paint.

#1 With Cyan fill in the outside border using a large brush.

#2 Fish are yellow, light yellow, orange, black , green, and blue.

Yellow--- Straight dye

Light Yellow---1 part yellow, 5 parts water

Orange---20- parts yellow, 1 parts Magenta

Fish #1, yellow ,body shaded with orange. Fins are light yellow tinted with varidian green. Stripes and eye are black.

Fish #2, Yellow , light yellow on fins tinted on edges with varidian green,

eye, and small fin are black. Body is

shaded with orange.

Fish #3, Yellow, shaded orange, spots black.

fins are light yellow tinted with varidian green. Eye is black

#4 Grass: Dark, varidian green;

Med , 2 parts varidian green , 3 parts water:

(ex. 20 drops dye, 30 drops water)

or 10 drops dye, 15 water)

Light, 1 part varidian green, 4 parts water.

(ex. 10 dye,40 water)

Dye grass different shades of green

Background: Marine Green; Fill in with marine green in small areas and

then add salt. Do not allow an area to dry before the salt is

added or it will not work well.

Allow to dry 2 to 3 hours before removing salt.

Finishing: You may remove your scarf from the board but do not wash for 48

hours. Wash in two quarts water and two ounces fixative. For

larger scarves follow instructions on bottle.

Swish scarf in water for about 5 min. Then rinse in water and

liquid soap until water is clear . Rinse out soap.

Roll in towel, hang to dry, and press while still damp